Abstract
We conducted a study regarding the Activity of Daily Living (ADL) of postinfarct hemiplegic aged living at home in order to clarify the factors which are associated with the change in ADL after their discharge from the hospital in terms of the daily life style of the patients and the care-providers.
The objects are thirty-three hemiplegic aged (60 to 75) after their first stroke and their care-providers. The study was conducted by collecting information at hospitals and interviews at home. Both statistical and qualitative analyses were used.
The results were as follows:
1. Highly motivated patients are more likely to think that they are responsible for themselves and they tend to be more eager in rehabilitation, thus resulting in significant improvement in ADL.
2. When patients adhere to the traditional gender roles in daily life and are not actively improved in household of, their ADL tend to deteriorate.
3. Patients who need less care from the care-providers than the others tend to have significantly more improvement in ADL.
4. Patients who are receiving adequate care tend to have significantly more improvement in ADL.
