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Table 2.
Social dependence scale.
| Score | Social dependence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Completely independent. Requires no assistance in basic or advanced activities of daily living (ADL) including shopping. |
| 2 | Minimal assistance. Requires occasional help up to twice a week from family, friends or other services with some activities such as shopping or gardening. |
| 3 | Moderate assistance. Requires regular assistance more than twice a week but less than seven times a week with some ADL such as bathing, washing or heavy housework. |
| 4 | Regular assistance. Requires daily help to assist with ADL. |
| 5 | Dependent. Requires regular help more than once a day with many basic ADL such as preparing food and housework but remains living at home. |
| 6 | Severely dependent. Living in residential care. Full-time care facility but independent of at least one basic ADL such as being able to dress or go to the toilet without help. |
| 7 | Fully dependent. Living in nursing home, skilled nursing home or long-term hospital facility with full-time nursing care. Patient requires assistance in most ADL living such as washing, dressing and getting to the toilet. |
| 8 | Patient temporarily resident in hospital requiring both nursing and medial care. |
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