Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine the performed IADL level at hospital pre-admission and after discharge of 104 patients at recovery phase rehabilitation wards and compare it with their predicted level of IADL one month after discharge. The frequency of IADL was measured by FAI. Results showed that the frequencies of their IADL performance after discharge were significantly lower in comparison with their IADL before admission. Although the patients expected that the “House Chore IADL” would be the only activity they could perform well, that was not the case, nor could they perform any other IADL. It is imperative to habituate all aspects of the IADL at the recovery phase rehabilitation wards and provide continuous support to raise their IADL performance after discharge, even though the patients may seem be sufficiently independent in terms of ADL.
