Relative Preservation of Advanced Activities in Daily Living among Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Dementia in the Community and Overview of Support Provided by Family Caregivers

Table 4

Support provided by family caregivers to maintain advanced activities of daily living (AADL) of patients.

Activities	Number of activities	Number of support	Rate of support	Classification of support (number for each category)
				Instrumental	Informational	Appraisal	Emotional	Reminding
Common AADL
Shopping in special occasions	33	68	2.03 ± 0.92	28	11	1	5	23
Participation in a meeting	16	31	1.94 ± 1.00	12	3	0	4	12
Socializing with others	29	31	1.07 ± 0.88	8	1	0	4	18
Taking a walk	21	20	0.95 ± 0.86	7	1	0	5	7
Reading a newspaper	27	14	0.52 ± 0.80	2	2	0	6	4
Watching TV	35	17	0.49 ± 0.85	2	3	0	7	5
Care of a grandchild	11	2	0.18 ± 0.60	1	0	0	0	1
Giving advice to family	21	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Subtotal common ADLs	193	183	0.90 ± 0.74	60	21	1	31	70
Leisure activities
Going to watch a movie and/or a  concert	13	32	2.46 ± 0.52	13	1	0	7	11
Making a trip	15	35	2.33 ± 0.72	14	1	1	6	13
Sports	4	9	2.25 ± 1.50	3	1	0	2	3
Going for a calligraphy lesson, and  so forth	13	26	2.00 ± 0.71	10	3	0	1	12
Continuation of work	4	7	1.75 ± 0.96	2	3	0	0	2
Playing games	8	9	1.13 ± 0.99	3	0	0	2	4
Playing a musical instrument,  singing	4	4	1.00 ± 0.82	1	0	0	1	2
Care of a pet	3	2	0.67 ± 1.15	1	0	0	0	1
Gardening	11	4	0.36 ± 0.92	1	1	0	1	1
Other	5	13	2.60 ± 0.89	4	2	0	3	4
Subtotal of leisure activities	80	141	1.66 ± 0.92	52	12	1	23	53
Total	273	324	1.31 ± 0.84	112	33	2	54	123