What criteria is necessary for you to qualify to be part of the Care Share Investment Programme?

Those who have an inability to carry out basic daily living tasks & the need to pay for regular ongoing Care in order for such tasks to be carried out for you

Activities of daily living (ADLs) is a term used in care, medicine and nursing, especially in the care of those who are or have the following:

elderly, disabilities, terminal illness, chronic diseases, mental health disorders, learning difficulties, sensory impairment.

ADLs are "the things we normally do in daily living, including any daily activity we perform for self-care (such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming), work, homemaking, and leisure."

Health professionals routinely refer to the ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measurement of the functional status of a person. This measurement is useful for assessing one to evaluate what type of health care services an individual may need.

Most models of health care service use ADL evaluations in their practice, including the medical, institutional & resident-centred models, which relate to nursing practice & all-inclusive care

Most medical insurance policies will not cover assistance with performing ADLs, whereas such assistance is often covered by policies specific to long-term care, involving high investments & long waits for returns- With Care Share returns are fast...

Basic ADLs

The basic activities of daily living consist of these self-care tasks:

• Personal hygiene

• Dressing and undressing

• Eating

• Transferring from bed to chair, and back

• Voluntarily controlling urinary and fecal discharge

• Elimination

• Moving around (as opposed to being bedridden)

Instrumental ADLs

Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) are not necessary for fundamental functioning, but they let an individual live independently in a community:

• Doing light housework

• Preparing meals

• Taking medications

• Shopping for groceries or clothes

• Using the telephone

• Managing money

• Using technology (older generations may not be that technologically savvy since they were not as exposed to it during their lifetime.)

Independent activities of daily living (IADL’s)

• Care of others (including selecting and supervising caregivers)

• Care of pets

• Child rearing

• Use of communication devices

• Community mobility

• Financial management

• Health management and maintenance

• Meal preparation and cleanup

• Safety procedures and emergency responses

• Shopping

On a wider scale:

• Assisted living

• Care of other residents

• General social Functioning

• Nursing home care

• Long-term care

• Access to / involvement in the community

• Therapies

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