Question

Describe 3 ways that Alzheimer's can interfere with activities of daily living.

Answer 1

Ans)As Alzheimer’s disease progresses, your loved one will need more and more help with the seemingly simple activities of daily living (ADLs).

- Eating, dressing, basic hygiene, shaving, and eventually toileting will likely be neglected as routines are forgotten, and abilities deteriorate.

- The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something.

- ADLs are those things we all need to do on a regular basis to ensure our health and well-being. ADLs are those need-to-do things that take up so much of our day and that we all take for granted–until we cannot do them anymore. Activities involving health and hygiene are called basic activities of daily living. By contrast, instrumental activities of daily living are those abilities that allow a person to live independently.