Category | Are you able to… |
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Dressing and grooming | shampoo your hair? dress yourself, including tying shoelaces and doing buttons? |
Arising | stand up from an armless straight chair? get in and out of bed? |
Eating | cut meat?* lift a full cup or glass to your mouth? prepare your own meal?** |
Walking | walk outdoors on flat ground? climb down five steps?*** |
Hygiene | wash and dry your entire body? take a tub bath? get on and off the toilet? |
Reach | reach and get down a two-kilogram bag of, for example, sugar from just above your head? bend down to pick up clothing from the floor? |
Grip | open car doors? open jars which have been previously opened? turn faucets on and off? |
Other activities | run errands and shop? get in and out of a car? vacuum?a |