Mobility: difficulty reaching or extending arms above shoulder level
Mobility: difficulty pulling or pushing large objects
Mobility: difficulty lifting or carrying weights over 10 pounds
Mobility: difficulty picking up 5p coin from table
HeADLa7
HeADLa8
HeADLa9
HeADLa10
HeADLa96
Hemobre
Hemobpu
Hemobli
Hemobpi
Hemob96
Mobility: whether said had none of listed difficulties
[CHECK HE59]
HEADLB*
SHOW CARD C11
Here are a few more everyday activities. Please tell me if [^you have / [^name] has] any difficulty with
these because of a physical, mental, emotional or memory problem. Again exclude any difficulties you
expect to last less than three months.
Because of a health or memory problem, [^do you /does he /does she] have difficulty doing any of the
activities on this card?
INTERVIEWER: PROBE - 'What others?'
INTERVIEWER: CODE ALL THAT APPLY.
01 Dressing, including putting on shoes and socks
02 Walking across a room
03 Bathing or showering
04 Eating, such as cutting up ^[your / his / her] food
05 Getting in or out of bed
06 Using the toilet, including getting up or down
07 Using a map to figure out how to get around in a strange place
08 Recognising when you are in physical danger
09 Preparing a hot meal
10 Shopping for groceries
11 Making telephone calls
12 Communication (speech, hearing or eyesight)
13 Taking medications
14 Doing work around the house or garden
15 Managing money, such as paying bills and keeping track of expenses
96 None of these
[code maximum 13 out of 14 possible responses]
Description
Variable
HeADLb1
HeADLb2
HeADLb3
HeADLb4
HeADLb5
HeADLb6
Archive
Headldr
Headlwa
Headlba
Headlea
Headlbe
Headlwc
ADL: difficulty dressing, including putting on shoes and socks
ADL: difficulty walking across a room
ADL: difficulty bathing or showering
ADL: difficulty eating, such as cutting up food
ADL: difficulty getting in and out of bed
ADL: difficulty using the toilet, including getting up or down
IADL: difficulty using map to figure out how to get around strange
place
IADL: difficulty recognising when in physical danger
IADL: difficulty preparing a hot meal
IADL: difficulty shopping for groceries
IADL: difficulty making telephone calls
IADL: difficulty with communication (speech, hearing or eyesight)
IADL: difficulty taking medications
HeADLb7
HeADLb8
HeADLb9
HeADLb10
HeADLb11
HeADLb12
HeADLb13
HeADLb14
Headlma
Headlda
Headlpr
Headlsh
Headlph
Headlsp
Headlme
Headlho
IADL: difficulty doing work around house and garden
IADL: difficulty managing money, eg paying bills,keeping track
expenses
HeADLb15
HeADLb96
Headlmo
Headl96
ADL&IADL: whether said had none of listed difficulties
[CHECK HE60]
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