Fundamental Activities of Daily Living

The Fundamental Activities of Daily Living Assessment considers the functional impact of neurological symptoms on an individual's home life, leisure activities, and vocational aspirations.

What is a Fundamental Activities of Daily Living Assessment?

To understand this assessment, we need to answer another question: What are activities of daily living?

Activities of daily living are the fundamental self-care tasks that are essential for independent living, such as washing and dressing. An occupational therapist will observe these activities to understand a person's overall health and functional independence. The Fundamental Activities of Daily Living Assessment provides insights into an individual's capabilities, risks, influencing factors, and support needs.

This expert assessment report brings clarity into how symptoms, the environment, and well-being affect function, everyday routines, and an individual's valued roles. It also examines how the environment and individual experiences affect physical, cognitive, psychological, and behavioural needs.

This assessment of activities of daily living helps case managers and legal professionals understand the individual's rehabilitation and support needs, and their functional potential.

Who is a Fundamental Activities of Daily Living Assessment for?

Individuals

This assessment has been designed for individuals with a neurological diagnosis who are experiencing complex physical, cognitive, or behavioural needs. Suited to individuals aged 13+ living in community or residential care with or without a support package.

Support Professionals

This assessment is suitable for case managers and legal professionals seeking to understand the functional challenges experienced by an individual and understand if specialist occupational therapy can improve symptoms, independence, and quality of life.

What is Included in a Fundamental Activities of Daily Living Assessment?

This assessment includes:

  • Standardised impact and severity rating of symptoms
  • Baseline of functional abilities within activities and daily living
  • Analysis of function with an emphasis on support needs
  • Explorations of strengths, challenges, and values and motivators
  • Review of the environment, routines, habits, responsibilities, and everyday roles
  • Recommendations regarding occupational therapy needs

It should be noted that the Fundamental Activities of Daily Living Assessment does not explore work potential. If you require this service, we recommend a Work Capacity Assessment, or a Fundamental Vocational Assessment.

The Outcomes of your Assessment

Upon completion of the Fundamental Activities of Daily Living Assessment, the report will help an individual and their referrer understand how the individual lives their life and spends their time. The occupational therapist will consider what has changed, what has stayed the same, what has caused the difficulties, and what influences them.

Our report provides a baseline of abilities and findings from the initial assessment visit before a period of rehabilitation. It reflects the activities an individual completes or wishes to complete on a daily basis. This will include any activities the individual has to do such as roles and responsibilities, activities they want to do such as leisure, and activities the individual should do like washing, dressing, and maintaining well-being.

Combined with the assessment analysis, an objective standardised outcome measure is used by the occupational therapist to obtain a baseline of a individual's functional ability with a variety of activities specific to the individual.

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