#60 - How Aging Affects Daily Living Tasks

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Aging transforms everyday tasks into challenges, but with awareness and proactive support, we can make life safer and more fulfilling for seniors and their loved ones.
• Professionals categorize daily tasks into Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) like bathing and dressing, and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) like cooking and managing finances
• Physical changes including reduced mobility, diminished fine motor skills, and sensory decline make familiar tasks increasingly difficult
• Cognitive changes affect memory, focus, and multitasking abilities, complicating activities like medication management
• Emotional impacts include frustration, loss of confidence, and feelings of being burdensome.

In this episode, we help you understand the science behind aging and the changes it brings. plus we offer practical solutions to this issue. With appropriate adaptations and support, losing independence is not inevitable
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Chapters

1. #60 - How Aging Affects Daily Living Tasks (00:00:00)

2. Welcome and Introduction (00:01:18)

3. Understanding Daily Living Tasks (00:02:30)

4. Mobility, Skills, and Sensory Changes (00:03:35)

5. Hardest Daily Tasks for Seniors (00:05:20)

6. Why These Changes Happen (00:07:23)

7. Practical Solutions and Adaptations (00:09:03)

8. Signs Help Is Needed (00:11:35)

9. Maintaining Independence and Dignity (00:12:15)

10. Closing Thoughts and Goodbye (00:13:38)