An Activities of Daily Living (ADL) assessment assesses an employee’s ability to perform daily functions in the areas of personal care, home maintenance and recreational and social activities while taking into account their pre-injury status.
An occupational therapist (OT) is tasked with the assessment of the worker's requirements as a result of their work-related injury and in assisting workers to maximise their independence.
ADL's are occupation based tasks that people usually need to be able to perform in order to live as independent people.
These include, but are not limited to;
The process is aimed at helping individuals relearn or regain the ability to carry out their ADL tasks. The program is best carried out within the employee home setting but it also important to incorporate the evaluation of an individual’s work environment as part of the process.
The assessment specialist should provide a report singling out the difficulties with ADL’s from which recommendations can be drawn. This may range from home/workplace modification to the provision of assistive equipment where necessary.
There are a number of scenarios that can make an ADL assessment necessary. This include the following;
At Recovery Partners, our ADL Assessment program is designed to help reduce the impact of injury or illness to an individual while helping facilitate an early return to independence and pre-injury functions.
Our ADL assessment services are available in multiple locations nationwide.
For more information, you can make enquiries here. Alternatively, our consultants love to have a chat, so go ahead and give us a call on 1300 OHS RTW (647 789).