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Brain

Lesson 7: The Universe of Function
Topic: Brain Health & Brain Anatomy

Part of:
Unit: It's All in Your Mind

  • Focus:   Students will recognize that diminishing cognitive abilities can affect personal autonomy. They will also recognize the similarities between their own struggles for independence and the struggles the elderly face to keep living autonomously.

Activities | Introduction | Resources & Web Sites


Activities

Activity 7A: Universe of Function

(universe of function, activities of daily living, Shakespeare, health promotion, brainstorming, dementia)

 
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Introduction

Lesson 7, "The Universe of Function," is designed to emphasize the concept that a person's autonomy and functional abilities are directly tied to their cognitive ability. The universe begins with basic self-care needs at the center (Basic Activities of Daily Living [BADL]: bathing, dressing, eating, walking, toileting, transferring). As children grow and become more independent because of their cognitive skills, they advance to mastering other activities that allow them to live independently (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living [IADL]: driving a car, maintaining a household, shopping, meal preparation, managing their own finances). Beyond the instrumental activities is a boundless universe - the greater their cognitive skills, the further they can go exploring other activities. In contrast to growing up and becoming independent, many older persons find their universe shrinking because of cognitive losses. The first activities affected are the ones at the boundaries of a person's individual universe. Then in a hierarchical fashion, as the cognitive losses worsen, the person becomes more and more dependent. Students should be able to contrast their own personal growth toward independence with the challenge many older persons face in maintaining their own autonomy.

BACKGROUND : Basic activities are the "daily living" or "self-care" activities such as walking, getting up and down from a chair, eating, dressing, bathing, and using the restroom. Instrumental activities are activities that involve more responsibility and skill, which are more "adult-like" such as driving, meal preparation, telephoning, dispensing medications, housework/yardwork, shopping, and arranging finances. Discretionary activities are activities involving creativity and ingenuity such as hobbies, problem solving, inventing new products/ideas.

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Resources & Web Sites

Basic Activities of Daily Living
http://www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/issue02.pdf

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~drstall/iadl.html

Shakespeare's The Seven Ages of Man
http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/life/lifesubj+1.html

 

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