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Common Caregiving Terms
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): Basic personal care tasks
to be performed daily such as dressing, bathing, eating or
toileting.
Care Recipient or Consumer: The person receiving care who typically
has a condition such as Parkinson’s disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s
disease, traumatic brain injury, AIDS, muscular dystrophy, paralysis,
multiple sclerosis, frailty attributed to old age, or other chronic
illness.
Caregiver: Anyone who provides assistance to another in need.
Family Caregiver: Used interchangeably with informal caregiver
and can include family, friends or neighbors.
Informal Caregiver: Anyone who provides care without pay and
who usually has personal ties to the care recipient. Examples
include family, friends and neighbors. The caregiver can be a “primary” or “secondary” caregiver,
can provide full- or part-time help, and may live with the care
recipient or separately.
Instrumental Activities Of Daily Living (IADLs): Personal tasks
such as meal preparation, grocery shopping, remembering to take
medication, making telephone calls, and money management.
Long-Term Care and Support: Long-Term care and support refers
to a broad and highly variable range of rehabilitative, restorative
and health maintenance services that assist people with ADLs,
IADLs, and the emotional aspects of coping with illness or disability.
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