Enrichment · Life Skills

What Dad can do,
and where he needs a hand.

Needs creep in slowly: a missed pill, the car not driven, the shower skipped. Go through fourteen everyday activities, note who already helps and for how long, and bring a clear picture to the family conversation and the doctor.

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Your parents

The worked example is made up: a father of 81 living alone after a fall, helped nine hours a week, and a mother of 88 in assisted living. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Enrichment · Life Skills$5

What you finish with
A record per parent: initials, age, living situation, falls, six daily activities and eight household activities each marked on their own, needs help or not sure, who helps with what for how many hours, and what the parent wants. Counts needs and weekly help hours; flags two or more daily activities (a common trigger for paid care), a fall, medicines, money and a power of attorney, living alone with several needs, and one helper carrying most of the hours.
Who it is for
Adult children, spouses and other family caregivers, and teens helping with a grandparent.
Format
Browser organizer with a saved record per parent. Prints a one-page picture for the doctor or a family meeting, every parent in a table or a blank form; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file. Kept private on your device.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Life skills kit ($29) and the Enrichment Suite pass ($119), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Life Skills space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Mark each activity by what you see, not what they say.
  2. List everyone who helps and their hours.
  3. Write down what your parent wants.
  4. Act on the flags: falls, medicines, money.
  5. Update it every few months or after a hospital stay.

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Daily and household activities

Two kinds of everyday activityDaily activitiesBathing, dressing,eatingUsing the toilet,continenceGetting in and out ofbed or a chairHelp with two or moreoften qualifies for paidcareHousehold activitiesPhone, shopping, mealsHousework, laundry,getting aroundMedicines and moneyUsually slip first,often unnoticedWhere help comes fromFamily, friends andneighborsArea Agency on AgingservicesHome care, adult day,mealsAssisted living ornursing careTwo kinds of everyday activityDaily activitiesBathing, dressing, eatingUsing the toilet, continenceGetting in and out of bed or a chairHelp with two or more often qualifies forpaid careHousehold activitiesPhone, shopping, mealsHousework, laundry, getting aroundMedicines and moneyUsually slip first, often unnoticedWhere help comes fromFamily, friends and neighborsArea Agency on Aging servicesHome care, adult day, mealsAssisted living or nursing care
The daily list follows the Katz index and the household list the Lawton scale, both long used by clinicians. This page records what you see; a doctor or care manager makes any assessment.

Starting the conversation

Lead with what they want, usually to stay independent and at home, and ask what would make that easier. Talk about one thing at a time. Ask before you arrange help, and include them in every decision they can make.

Finding help

Every county is served by an Area Agency on Aging, which can arrange assessments, meals, transportation and respite for family caregivers. The Eldercare Locator, 1-800-677-1116 or eldercare.acl.gov, finds yours.

Sources

  1. Katz, S., et al. (1963). Studies of illness in the aged: The index of ADL. JAMA, 185(12).
  2. Lawton, M. P., & Brody, E. M. (1969). Assessment of older people: Self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living. The Gerontologist, 9(3).
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. STEADI: older adult fall prevention (cdc.gov/steadi).
  4. Administration for Community Living. Eldercare Locator (eldercare.acl.gov) and National Institute on Aging, Caregiving (nia.nih.gov).

The worked examples are made up. This page records what family members observe; it is not a medical or care assessment. Benefit rules differ by policy and state. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.