ACTIVITIES IN EVERYDAY LIFE - DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN THE COMPREHENSION BETWEEN GERONTOLOGY AND NURSING

For analyzing independent living in the elderly gerontology and nursin g often use the concept of activities of daily living. This concept de als with basic and complex functions of everyday life, which can be us eful for describing the functional aspects of independency in old age. The following article focuses on the ''classical'' contributions from Katz (''Activities of Daily Living'') and Lawton and Brody (''Instrum ental Activities of Daily Living'') which have won a large following i n gerontology. Finally, similarities and differences in the comprehens ion of activities in everyday life between gerontology and nursing are discussed.