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IADL
instrumental activities of daily living
The tasks of running a life rather than a body: shopping, cooking, managing money and medications, using a phone, transport. Contrast with basic ADLs — bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, transferring.
How it gets tested
The item gives a list of tasks and asks which are IADLs versus ADLs, or asks which set a home-care assessment covers.
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