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For the explanation of areas of daily living, click here

WEAR

accessories

makeup

umbrella

footwear

choosing clothes

storing clothes

changing clothes

packing

changing clothes for the season

grooming

socks

EAT

nibbling while cooking

smell/aroma

stove

refrigerator

kitchen knife

taste/flavor

product packages

clearing up after meals

menu/recipe

cooking appliances

cooking process

cooking time

meal timing

preparing meals

tiredness after meals

dining table

eating utensils

RESIDE

disposing of garbage

schedule

door

wall

bedroom

floor

cleaning up

searching things

daily routine

clock

washing machine

hanging laundry

organizing things

window

key

BUDGET

using ATM machines

bank transfer

loan

insurance

making deposits and withdrawals

household budget

pension

guardian of adult

password

public assistance

inheritance

tax

savings/investment

lease agreement

passbook/cash card/seal

electricity/gas/water

BUY

cash register

shoplifting

store entrance

selecting items

bringing items home

replacing electrical appliances

small change

bagging items

calculation

wallet

shopping basket

shopping cart

shopping list

store shelves

store announcements

CARE

bath

care plan

lavatory

nursing care insurance system/services

nursing care facilities

hospitalization

physicians/nurses

taking drugs

medical tests

brushing teeth

hydration

counseling and support offices

people to talk to/partners

sleeping

nursing care professionals

diagnoses

hospital visits

exercising

disability certificate

MOVE

escalator

elevators

directional signs

car navigation system

bus

going in reverse

transfers

reservations

transportation IC cards

traffic light

driving licensing system

exits

tickets

unfamiliar places

ticketing machines

maps

belongings

train stations

pedestrian crossing

walking

destinations

airport

bicycle

following distance

driving: other

driving route

running speed

stairs

train

train stations

parking lot

SOCIALIZE

presents

E-mails/Line/Messenger

conversation

public space

public procedures

ceremonial occasions: coming of age, marriage, funeral and ancestral worship

name

Faces of family and friends

Place to be

memory

letters/New Year's greeting cards

get-togethers for them

promise

events

mail/home delivery

telephone/smartphone

dinner/drinking parties

PLAY

karaoke/singing songs

jogging

sports

television

hotel

creative activities

taking walks

trips

hot spring/spa

beauty care/relaxation

appreciating art

STUDY

blog/SNS

entrance examination

foreign language

classes

stationery

writing letters, words and sentences

reading letters, words and sentences

newspaper

reading/writing Chinese characters

presentation meetings/social gatherings/lectures

reading books

looking up things

WORK

TO DO

computer work

floor/seating

presentation

superiors

job information/knowledge

work procedures

meetings

work speed

colleagues

exchanging business cards

customer-facing/sales

recruitment

personnel transfer/demotion

detail-oriented work

leaving employment

  • 11 Areas of Daily Living
    Daily Living Challenge
    DATA
    the Mental or Physical Dysfunction
    Knowledge
    Person
  • socks

    I think I have picked up the right combination of socks, but the colors are different.

    Cannot distinguish colors

    Hiroyuki Iwata
  • storing clothes

    conversation

    I forget to put away my clothes, and my wife gets upset and tells me to put them away.

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Osamu Miyazawa
  • exercising

    tiredness after meals

    My blood pressure drops after eating, when exercising, and when air pressure is low.

    Cannot regulate blood pressure

    Naomi Higuchi
  • smell/aroma

    I cannot smell coffee.

    No sense of smell

    Naomi Higuchi
  • smell/aroma

    While cooking, I do not feel, "It smells nice."

    No sense of smell

    Naomi Higuchi
  • smell/aroma

    I smell rotten fish although the smell does not actually exist. I feel a stench is wafting all around me.

    Feel as if you are sensing smells that should not be there

    Naomi Higuchi
  • smell/aroma

    I cannot smell food.

    No sense of smell

    Naomi Higuchi
  • stove

    When I heat two or more pots at the same time, one slips from my consciousness and gets burnt.

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Cannot perform more than one thing simultaneously

    Your sense of time does not match actual time

    Use a timer when heating a pot and get reminded
    Naomi Higuchi
  • refrigerator

    If I put in groceries at random places, I cannot tell what is where.

    What you see/hear immediately disappears from memory

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Cannot integrate/process more than one piece of information

    Deciding where to put different kinds of food, reducing the amount of stored food, and placing things in a way that makes it easy for me to see inside
    Chie Iida (alias)
  • refrigerator

    Unless I open the door and check inside, I have no idea what are in the refrigerator.

    What you see/hear immediately disappears from memory

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Naomi Higuchi
  • kitchen knife

    When cooking, I cannot use the knife well. It is difficult for me to cut food into the same shape or into small pieces.

    Cannot sense or operate one's own body

    Cannot tell distance

    Cannot tell depth

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Mayumi Yamada
  • kitchen knife

    While cooking, cannot remember how to cut ingredients

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Cannot recall processes and procedures to accomplish things

    Naomi Higuchi
  • taste/flavor

    While cooking, I become unable to tell how to season the dish.

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Have decreased sense of taste

    Naomi Higuchi
  • taste/flavor

    While cooking, I forget that I have put out a plate and a spoon for tasting, and keep using new ones every time I taste.

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Naomi Higuchi
  • taste/flavor

    I cannot season the food well, and my dishes taste light.

    Have decreased sense of taste

    Naomi Higuchi
  • product packages

    When eating snacks, it is difficult for me to open the bag. It is difficult to open by pulling it to both sides or by tearing it front to back.

    Cannot sense or operate one's own body

    Cannot tell distance

    Cannot tell depth

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Mayumi Yamada
  • product packages

    When opening a PET bottle, I cannot remove the cap. I cannot tell which direction to turn it or how to apply force.

    Cannot sense or operate one's own body

    Cannot tell distance

    Cannot tell depth

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Mayumi Yamada
  • product packages

    I have difficulty opening the lid of the yogurt. I get tired because I cannot open it quickly.

    Cannot sense or operate one's own body

    Cannot tell distance

    Cannot tell depth

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Become easily fatigued, mentally and physically

    Mayumi Yamada
  • product packages

    When there are a lot of PET bottles on the desk, I cannot tell which one is mine.

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Mayumi Yamada
  • eating utensils

    clearing up after meals

    I get confused when there are dishes piled up in the sink.

    Cannot retain/recall your plans and schedule

    Cannot perform more than one thing simultaneously

    Cannot integrate/process more than one piece of information

    Splitting dish washing into two times: before meals (during cooking) and after meals
       
    Chie Iida (alias)
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