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- noun Plural form of
ADL .
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Examples
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Paying a nurses aide to go to the patient's home and sit with the patient and help him with ADLs is much cheaper than paying for the room alone in a nursing home.
Lieberman a major problem for Senate Democrats on health care 2009
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These last, called ADLs, are eating, bathing, dressing, going to the toilet and moving from one place to another.
Beyond Retirement 2008
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He's capable of taking care of all his "ADLs" but he's not capable of holding down a full-time job.
"If you're demented, you're wasting people's lives -- your family's lives -- and you're wasting the resources of the National Health Service." Ann Althouse 2008
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Benefits are paid when the person cannot perform at least four of the six "Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)" without assistance.
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Caregivers are to provide care to residents following an established routine, mostly centered around ADLs activities of daily living.
Marguerite Manteau-Rao: Seniors At The Top: Moving Toward A New Paradigm Of Institutional Elder Care Marguerite Manteau-Rao 2011
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Caregivers are to provide care to residents following an established routine, mostly centered around ADLs activities of daily living.
Marguerite Manteau-Rao: Seniors At The Top: Moving Toward A New Paradigm Of Institutional Elder Care Marguerite Manteau-Rao 2011
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Benefits are paid when the person cannot perform at least four of the six "Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)" without assistance.
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In assisted living, residents have their own space in mostly small studio or one - or two-bedroom apartments but are helped with "activities of daily living" or ADLs.
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Each policy is somewhat different, but the general trigger is an inability to perform two of six ADLs without assistance.
Long-Term Care Insurance: You Have Options Janet Arrowood 2010
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Home modification is a simple yet very effective solution and an important option to consider since several of the ADLs involve getting around without help.
Long-Term Care Insurance: You Have Options Janet Arrowood 2010
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