Functional Status
Functional Status ( 5 Questions)
A nurse is evaluating the functional status of an older adult client who has dementia and lives with a caregiver. The nurse asks the caregiver how the client manages instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs).
Which of the following statements by the caregiver indicates that the client needs assistance with IADLs?
This statement indicates that the client needs assistance with IADLs, which are tasks that allow an individual to live independently in a community and to take care of themselves and their home. They include cooking, cleaning, transportation, laundry, managing finances, and meal preparation. They require more complex planning and thinking than activities of daily living (ADLs), which are basic self-care tasks like bathing.
This is wrong because watching TV and reading magazines are not IADLs, but leisure activities that do not affect the client’s ability to live independently.
This is wrong because having trouble getting in and out of bed is not an IADL, but an ADL that involves functional mobility
This is wrong because getting confused when talking on the phone is not an IADL, but a communication problem that may affect the client’s social participation.
The correct answer is A. “He sometimes forgets to turn off the stove after cooking.”
This statement indicates that the client needs assistance with IADLs, which are tasks that allow an individual to live independently in a community and to take care of themselves and their home. They include cooking, cleaning, transportation, laundry, managing finances, and meal preparation. They require more complex planning and thinking than activities of daily living (ADLs), which are basic self-care tasks like bathing.
Choice B is wrong because watching TV and reading magazines are not IADLs, but leisure activities that do not affect the client’s ability to live independently.
Choice C is wrong because having trouble getting in and out of bed is not an IADL, but an ADL that involves functional mobility.
Choice D is wrong because getting confused when talking on the phone is not an IADL, but a communication problem that may affect the client’s social participation.