Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) 2026

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  1. Click ‘Get Form’ to open the Lawton IADLs document in the editor.
  2. Begin with the 'Ability to Use Telephone' section. Circle the number that best reflects the client's capability, choosing between 0 (unable) and 1 (able).
  3. Move on to 'Shopping'. Assess the client's independence in shopping tasks and circle the appropriate score.
  4. In 'Food Preparation', evaluate how well the client can prepare meals. Circle the score that matches their highest functional level.
  5. Continue with 'Housekeeping'. Determine their ability to maintain cleanliness and complete household tasks, circling the relevant score.
  6. For 'Laundry', assess their laundry capabilities and circle accordingly.
  7. 'Mode of Transportation' requires you to evaluate how independently they travel. Circle the appropriate number based on their abilities.
  8. 'Responsibility for Own Medications' assesses medication management. Choose a score that reflects their capability.
  9. 'Ability to Handle Finances' involves evaluating financial management skills. Circle the corresponding number based on their independence.
  10. Finally, add each circled number from the right column to calculate total points for a comprehensive assessment.

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Activities of daily living are basic routine tasks that most healthy individuals can perform without assistance. These activities include personal care tasks such as eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, managing continence, and transferring (moving from 1 position to another).
The Lawton-Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (Lawton IADL) was invented as a measurement tool to evaluate the level of functional independence in the general elderly population.
Tasks are scored as either 1 (if they can do a task) or 0 (if they cannot). A summary score ranges from 0 (low function, dependent) to 8 (high function, independent) for women and 0 to 5 for men. The score identifies areas of need in regard to care and support.
Daily living activities are: Activity 1: Preparing food. Activity 2: Eating and drinking. Activity 3: Managing your treatments. Activity 4: Washing and bathing. Activity 5: Using the toilet and managing incontinence. Activity 6: Dressing and undressing. Activity 7: Talking, listening and understanding. Activity 8: Reading.
These activities include maintaining a safe environment, communication, breathing, eating and drinking, elimination, washing and dressing, controlling temperature, mobilisation, working and playing, expressing sexuality, sleeping, and addressing death.

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The twelve activities of living identified in the model are maintaining a safe environment, communicating, breathing, eating and drinking, eliminating, personal cleansing and dressing, controlling body temperature, mobilising, working and playing, expressing sexuality, sleeping, and dying.

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