Abstract: Objective To understand the activities of daily living and related factors of the elderly homecare receivers. Methods The elderlyhomecare receivers in 3 towns and 1 street of Shanghai Minhang District were enrolled by stratified cluster sampling, 830 elderly personswere investigated with Activities of Daily Living Scale (ADL). Results The score of the elderly in local areas was as following: ADLscore was (25.59 ± 11.16), Physical Self-maintenance Scale (PSMS) score was (8.74 ± 4.29), Instrumental Activity of Daily Living Scale(IADL) score was (16.85±7.53). PSMS impairment or dysfunction accounted for 55.19%, and IADL accounted for 79.64%. ADL score >16points had 593 people, accounting for 71.45%, ≥22 points had 458 people, accounting for 55.18%. Conclusion The elderly homecare receivershave relatively poor ability of daily living. Related factors were whether to go out for a walk every day, monthly income, cerebrovascularaccident, medical insurance, educational level, diabetes, the current life satisfaction, disease and loss of spouse.

Key words: homecare for the aged, the elderly, activities of daily living, related factors