ADLs and IADLs Flashcards
Benefits of children participating in self-care and sleep/rest
- Better behavioral self-regulation
- Increased participation in healthier lifestyle (nutrition, exercise, sleep)
- Better academic performance
- Better social skills
Routines
Provide predictable occupational patterns and healthy habits promoting growth and development.
Top-down Approach
Holistic view of occupational performance. 3 STEPS: 1) develop occupational profile; 2) complete occupational analysis; 3) develop occupation-based intervention
Poor Sleep Duration Relates to:
- decreased attention and behavioral regulation
- poor school performance
- obesity in childhood
- long-term health probs in adults (diabetes, heart disease, depression)
Tips for Designing Interventions for ADLs
- Review occupational profile
- Consider all precautions
- Use child’s/family’s strengths
- Create follow-up activities that can be reinforced at home
- Document progress/report concerns
- Collaborate with team on d/c to ensure care continues
Sleep Latency
The act of falling asleep.
Sleep Recommendations by Age
Newborns – 14-17 hours Infants – 12-15 hours Toddlers – 11-14 hours Preschoolers – 10-13 hours School aged – 9-11 hours Teens – 8-10 hours
Infant Sleep Safety Tips
- Sleep on back, on firm surface
- Same room as parent first 6 months
- Swaddle until they can roll over
- Use pacifier to keep calm and open mouth
- Use baby’s own sleep area (not your bed)
Toileting/Toilet Hygiene includes:
- Obtaining/using toileting supplies
- Managing clothing
- Maintaining toileting position
- Transferring to/from toilet
- Cleaning body
- Caring for menstrual/continence needs
- Completing control of BMs/urination
Toileting Intervention Strategies
- Reinforce with stickers/praise
- Decrease cueing for independence
- Promote range of toileting hygiene activities (wiping, washing hands, etc.)
Toileting Tips for Children with Toileting Issues
- May have to be on schedule of bowel mgmt. with suppository use
- Helps family manage constipation, pain, severe side effects such as autonomic dysreflexia (AD)
- Use of adaptive equipment (seats, grab bars, skin inspection mirror, toilet tissue aids)
Personal Hygiene/Grooming includes:
- Obtaining/using supplies
- Removing body hair
- Applying/removing makeup
- Washing, drying, combing, styling, brushing, trimming hair
- Caring for nails
- Caring for skin, ears, eyes, nose
- Applying deodorant
- Cleaning mouth; brushing/flossing teeth
Cavity Frequency Stat
Over 20% of children 5-11 yo have at least one cavity.
Benefits of Functional Mobility
- Increase in cognitive processing
- Increase in speech and language acquisition
- Increase in play skills within a social context
IADLs for Children/Youth Include:
- Care of others
- Care of pets
- Child rearing
- Communication management
- Driving/Community mobility
- Financial management
- Health management/maintenance
- Home management
- Meal prep/cleanup
- Religious/spiritual activities/expression
- Shopping
- Safety and Emergency Procedures