Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Online Assessment Tool

Answer the following questions to score an individual’s ability to perform their activities of daily living. This test takes about 2 minutes and your results are available immediately.

Can the individual eat independently?
Eats without assistance, uses utensils and napkins appropriately
Requires assistance preparing appropriately sized mouthfuls and cleaning self after meal
Requires significant assistance feeding and cleaning self at meals
Does not feed self and / or resists assistance from other at meals

Can the individual dress themselves?
Chooses weather-appropriate clothing and dresses and undresses without assistance
Dresses and undresses with minor assistance or wears adaptive clothing
Requires significant assistance with the selection of clothing, dressing and undressing
Unable to dress or undress self and / or resists assistance from others in doing so

Can the individual groom themselves (hair, teeth, nails, shaving etc.)?
Maintains dental hygiene, brushes hair, shaves and clips nails without assistance
Requires minor assistance and reminders with grooming activities
Requires significant assistance with personal grooming but still participates in the process
Does not participate in the grooming process and / or resists assistance

Is the individual mobile?
Can move around their residence and get in and out of bed and chairs without assistance
Requires a walker, wheelchair or other aides to get from seated to standing or around the home
Requires aides and human assistance to get from seated to standing or around their home
Is bedridden

Can the individual use a toilet independently and maintain continence?
Maintains continence and uses toilet independently and without reminders
Needs to be reminded to use toilet and / or needs assistance in cleaning self
Is incontinent several times per week
Has little or no control of bladder or bowels

Can the individual bathe themselves?
Bathes or showers without assistance or with the use of grab rails
Bathes self but requires assistance getting in and out of tub
Requires assistance getting in and out of tub and with all washing activity
Makes no effort to wash themselves and / or resists assistance

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Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Online Assessment and Scoring

Can the individual eat independently?

Can the individual dress themselves?

Can the individual groom themselves (hair, teeth, nails, shaving etc.)?

Is the individual mobile?

Can the individual use a toilet independently and maintain continence?

Can the individual bathe themselves?