ADL Home Evaluation Services in Florida

ADL Home Evaluation

Adaptive Mobility Services, Inc. employs occupational therapy practitioners who possess the knowledge, skills and experience to evaluate a person’s ability to perform functional or everyday life activities necessary for independence. These are also called activities of daily living (ADL). Upon request, one of our occupational therapists will travel to a person's home and visit with him or her in their living environment. We will then complete a physical and functional mobility evaluation. We will tour the home as we observe the person's mobility and evaluate the person's activities of daily living, establishing a level of independence in each area. The ADL areas are:

• Functional mobility such as bed mobility, wheelchair transfers, ambulation or wheelchair skills while performing other ADL
• Grooming such as brushing teeth and hair, applying make-up, shaving, etc.
• Dressing
• Bathing
• Toileting or bowel and bladder management
• Eating
• Communication such as telephone and computer use
• Meal preparation, cooking, and clean-up tasks
• Housekeeping tasks such as laundry, vacuuming, sweeping, dusting, change bed linens, cleaning the bathroom, etc.
• House/yard maintenance
• Community mobility such as driving/transportation and mobility in the community for social or work activities such as church, bridge club and exercise club as well as for fulfilling life maintenance and health needs such as obtaining groceries, medications and doctor visits.

During an initial occupational therapy visit, the therapist will evaluate the person in the areas of physical functioning such as range of motion, sensation and muscle strength. Upper extremity use and coordination will be evaluated with gross and fine motor coordination. If appropriate, the areas of visual and cognitive functioning will be evaluated with testing tools or equipment.

Following an evaluation the therapist can make recommendations in the following areas to enhance or improve one’s independence in the home and/or community:

• Adaptive equipment or aids
• Mobility devices such as wheelchair or scooters
• Compensatory techniques for energy conservation or to compensate for a physical impairment such as hemiplegia, paraplegia, muscle weakness or tremors
• Home modifications such as wider doors, ramps, accessible bathroom or kitchen
• Remediation therapy such as out-patient occupational therapy, physical therapy or visual therapy
• Attendant care needs