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In Person: Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

JADL  Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Module

OVERVIEW

Although new to the 2011 collection wave, the Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Module expands upon questions first asked during the 1993 telephone interview,
when participants were prompted to report on their experiences receiving
personal care from a family member or friend. Originally asked within the
Caregiving Module, which primarily focused on the participant's experiences as
a provider of care, questions about receiving care were moved to the Health
Module for the 2004 collection wave before being reconstituted as the
Activities of Daily Living Module in 2011. Far more detailed and expansive than
what has been administered in previous waves, the 2011 rendition of questions
construed "care" as requiring help with particular daily activities and allowed
participants to name multiple helpers across two distinct activity categories.
For the first of these, basic activities of daily living (BADLs), participants
were allowed to report on up to three people who help them with the following
self-care tasks: dressing; walking across a room; bathing or showering; eating;
getting in or out of bed; and using the toilet. For the second category,
instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), participants were allowed to
report on up to five people who help them with higher-order tasks necessary to
living independently: using a map to figure out how to get around in a strange
place; preparing a hot meal; shopping for groceries; making phone calls; taking
medications; doing housework or yardwork; and managing money. When addressing
each activity of daily living, participants were asked whether they have any
difficulty performing it due to a health or memory problem and, if so, whether
anyone ever helps them with it; if a helper was mentioned, participants were
also asked how long they have been receiving help. The following information
was then recorded for each of the participant's helpers: the person's
relationship to them; the number of days in the past month the person provided
help, as well as the average hours of help provided per occurrence; and how far
away the person lives. Data users should note that there was often overlap
between the people named as helpers with BADLs and IADLs.


BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

    Variable ranges reference dataset/codebook order and are not necessarily 
    alphabetical.
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    HADLSTAT-HADLREL:	    Module-Level Status Variables
    
    HX600RE:		    Number of Unique Individuals or Entities 
    			    Reported by Participant as Helpers with
    			    Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

    HX500RE-HX503RE:	    Dressing Self: Associated Difficulty and Whether 
    			    Help Received
  			
    HX504RE-HX514RE:	    Walking Across a Room: Associated Difficulty, 
    			    Use of Equipment, and Whether Help Received 
   
    HX515RE-HX518RE:	    Bathing or Showering: Associated Difficulty and
    			    Whether Help Received 
   	
    HX519RE-HX522RE:	    Eating: Associated Difficulty and Whether Help
    			    Received
    
    HX523RE-HX532RE:	    Getting In/Out of Bed: Associated Difficulty,
    			    Use of Equipment, and Whether Help Received
   
    HX533RE-HX536RE:	    Using the Toilet: Associated Difficulty and 
    			    Whether Help Received
    				
    HX601REA-HX603REF:	    Information About (Up to Three) People Who Help
    			    Participant with Basic Activities of Daily 
    			    Living
   			
    HX537RE:		    Using a Map: Associated Difficulty
   
    HX538RE-HX542RE:	    Preparing a Hot Meal: Associated Difficulty and
    			    Whether Help Received

    HX543RE-HX547RE:	    Shopping for Groceries: Associated Difficulty 
    			    and Whether Help Received
   	
    HX548RE-HX552RE:	    Making Phone Calls: Associated Difficulty and 
    			    Whether Help Received
   	
    HX553RE-HX557RE:	    Taking Medications: Associated Difficulty and
    			    Whether Help Received
    				
    HX604REA-HX606REF:	    Information About (Up to Three) People Who Help
    			    Participant with Selected Instrumental 
    			    Activities of Daily Living (Preparing Meal, 
    			    Shopping, Making Phone Calls, and/or Taking 
    			    Medications)

    HX558RE-HX560RE:	    Doing Housework or Yardwork: Whether Help 
    			    Received
   
    HX561RE-HX565RE:	    Managing Money: Associated Difficulty and 
    			    Whether Help Received
   
    HX607REA-HX608REF:	    Information About (Up to Two) People Who Help 
    			    Participant with the IADL of Managing Money