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Table 5 Number and proportion of older people identified by CHWs as unable to perform specific activities of daily living

From: Building the capacity of community health workers to support health and social care for dependent older people in Latin America: a pilot study in Fortaleza, Brazil

Unable to independently

Number of older people visited

%

Transfer unaided

153

70,83

Go to toilet unaided

136

62,96

Bathe self

121

56,02

Continent

99

45,83

Dress self

90

41,67

Feed self

85

39,35

All of the above

28

12,96

  1. Source: Survey data