Levels of Independance and Assistance

Independent

patient can safely complete tasks without any one present or without verbal cues/modification

moderate independance

patient can safely complete the task but needs to use an AD and might take longer time to complete task

supervision

patient needs someone present within arms reach

have a lower probability of assistance byt might benefit from verbal cues

contact guard (steadying assistance)

patient needs a therapist making contact with them for assistance

have a high level of needing assistance and benefits greatly from verbal and tactile cues

minimal assistance

patient can perform 75% or more of the task

PT only needs to assist with up to 25% of the task

moderate assistance

patient can complete 50-75% of the task without assistance

PT helps with up to 50% assistance

maximal assistance

patient can complete 25-50% of the task

PT needs to assist with 50-75% of the task

this level of assistance may require more than 1 PT

dependent assistance

patient can perform < 25% of the task, or none at all without assistance

PT provides more than 75% of assistance

this level of assistance might require more than 1 PT