Table 1 The seven items included in the MDS-ADL Long Form scale.

Bed mobility

This includes how a resident moves and turns their body position while in bed.

Transfer

This includes how a resident moves between surfaces such as a bed and chair.

Locomotion

This includes how a resident moves between locations in their room and corridor outside their room.

Dressing,

This includes how a resident puts on, fastens, takes off all items of street clothing.

Eating

This relates to how a resident eats and drinks, including other means of intake of nourishments such as tube feeding.

Toilet use

This includes how a resident uses a toilet, commode, bedpan or urinal and transfer on and off the toilet.

Personal hygiene

This relates to how personal hygiene is maintained, including combing hair, brushing teeth, washing and drying face and hands but excluding baths and showers.