Lawton IADL (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living)
Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living scale (Lawton & Brody 1969).
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Telephone use
- 1
- Shopping
- 0
- Food preparation
- 0
- Housekeeping
- 1
- Laundry
- 1
- Transportation
- 1
- Medication responsibility
- 1
- Handling finances
- 0
Result: Lawton IADL 5 of 8: moderate impairment per Lawton 1969.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- 8
- Full independence across all eight IADLs.
- 6-7
- Mild IADL impairment.
- 3-5
- Moderate IADL impairment.
- 0-2
- Severe IADL impairment.
What you enter
- Telephone use (0/1)
- Shopping (0/1)
- Food preparation (0/1)
- Housekeeping (0/1)
- Laundry (0/1)
- Transportation (0/1)
- Medication responsibility (0/1)
- Handling finances (0/1)
How this is calculated
Lawton MP, Brody EM. Assessment of older people: self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living. Gerontologist. 1969;9(3):179-186. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.