Activities of Daily Living (ADL) & Personal Care

Learning outcomes

• Provide dignified personal care while maintaining privacy and safety

Topics covered

1. ADL definition: bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, feeding
2. Dignity, privacy, consent and cultural sensitivity
3. Bed bath and perineal care
4. Oral care and denture care
5. Hair, nail and foot care, including diabetic precautions
6. Dressing and undressing: weak side first
7. Toileting: bedpan, urinal, commode, incontinence care
8. Feeding: upright position, dysphagia signs, pocketing check
9. Bed making: occupied and unoccupied

Practical work

Bed bath with draping, perineal care on doll, oral & denture care, dressing a hemiplegic patient simulation, feeding techniques, bed-making competition