Integrated Health

Integrating Health

ADLs (Activities of Daily Living) is professional shorthand for functioning, measuring things we normally do for self-care and for independent living. Examples of basic and related tasks, are bathing, marketing, paying bills … Services are provided (sometimes) depending on the need for help to do these things. *

I want to introduce another lens, EDLs (Experiences of Daily Living). EDLs are not so much about doing as about feeling, not about activities but the emotions involved in those activities. What support can people be given who are not so good in the skills of interaction, getting satisfaction, feeling connected, moving past … ?

Experiences of daily living

Baseline	Out of Range
Disappointment	Despair
Irritation	Rage
Appreciation	Adoration
Connection	Compulsion
Enjoyment	Immersion
Surprise	Suspicion
Pleasure	Preoccupation
Satisfaction	Surfeit
Apprehension	Aggression
Regret	Despair
Disappointment	Doom
Annoyed	Angry
Delighted	Ecstatic
Ashamed	Cutting
Apprehensive	Nauseous
Envious	Cheated
Pleased	Delighted
Disappointed	Betrayed
Excited	Ecstatic
Confused	Frightened
Confident	Scared
Scared	Splitting
Bewildered	Horrified
Cross	Furious
Happy	Cheated
Content	Bitter
Major focus on others	Major focus on self
Ability to balance, rebound, modulate	Quick move to extreme; unable to get back to baseline

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http://www.longtermcareinsurancetree.com/about-the-policy/activities-of-daily-living-adls-for-long-term-care-insurance.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activities_of_daily_living