SINGLE MEASURE

Receiving help to complete ADLs & IADLs

Sweep Title: 2017 Sweep
Dataset: Health Survey for England (HSE)

Question(s)

Have you received help from anyone with getting in out of bed on your own, in the last month? : Include help even if it was for a short time or provided by husband/ wife/ another family member

What about (insert shortened task B to M listed in bold)?
TasksB-TasksM
Still looking at Showcard E1, what about…
(B) washing your face and hands
(C) having a bath or a shower, including getting in and out of the bath or shower
(D) dressing or undressing, including putting on shoes and socks
(E) using the toilet
(F) eating, including cutting up food
(G) taking the right amount medicine at the right times
(H) getting around indoors
(I) getting up and down stairs
(J) getting out of the house, for example to go to the doctors or visit a friend
(K) shopping for food including getting to the shops, choosing the items, carrying the items home
and then unpacking and putting the items away
(L) doing routine housework or laundry
(M) doing paperwork or paying bills

Do you receive this help with (insert tasks K/L/M) because of long standing physical or mental ill health, a disability or problems relating to old age?

Response scale

Part 1. Response scale for all data items:
1 Yes
2 No

Part 2:
1 Yes for some or all
2 No, none of this help is because long standing physical or mental ill-health, disability or
problems relating to old age

Participant age 16 - 120
Starts January 2017
Ends January 2018
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID HSE-966