ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING

(ADLS)

Students: Carol Córdoba, Daniela Molina,

Daniela Ortiz,
Course: English IV
 ¿WHAT ARE THE ACTIVITIES OF
DAILY LIVING?
“Activities oriented toward taking care of one’s own body,
are essential to living in a social world that allows survival and well-
being” (AOTA, 2014)
 CHARACTERISTICS OF ADLS
� They are universal

� They are related to

survival and human
condition

� They are directed to

oneself

� They are executed daily

and automatically
 IMPORTANCE OF ADLS FOR
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
ADLs are important because they are the first that the person develops and
hopes to develop automatically and effectively, and they are related to being
able to develop Maslow's basic needs.
CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES OF
DAILY LIVING
 ROLE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
IN ADLS
The occupational therapist is responsible for carrying out the process
of evaluation of daily life activities with the following objectives.

Collect Understanding the

Know the needs of know the
descriptive constraints that
occupational potential of
prevent
information participation the person
participation

Examine the
Know the Establish an Assess the
approach and
strategies used by occupational effects of the
types of
the user diagnosis intervention
intervention
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
❖ AOTA, Occupational therapy practice framework: domain & process.
3rd ed. 2014.

❖ Schell B, Gillen G, Scaffa M. Occupational Therapy Willard &

Spackman. 12 ed. Panamerican Medical Editorial; 2016.

� CyL C. Activities of daily living (ADLs)[Internet]. Cocemfecyl.es. 2014.

Available in: http://
www.cocemfecyl.es/index.php/discapacidad-y-tu/66-actividades-de-la-vid
a-diaria-avd

❖ Rodríguez Bailón M, Navas Fernández R, Garrido Cervera J.

Occupational Therapy in daily living activities [Internet]. Madrid: Síntesis
Editorial, S.A.; 2018. Available in:
https://www.sintesis.com/data/indices/9788491711445.pdf