As a member of an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team, you are working with an individual who currently lives in a skilled nursing facility. She has expressed an interest in getting her own apartment. The team begins to collaborate to help this individual achieve her goal. Based on this individual's goal, you decide you want to assess which of the following?

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Assessing the individual's activities of daily living/instrumental activities of daily living (ADL/IADL) skills will help determine if they have the necessary skills to live independently in their own apartment. These skills include things such as cooking, cleaning, and managing finances. Social skills, occupational competence, and vocational skills may also be important, but assessing ADL/IADL skills is the most directly relevant to the individual's goal of living independently.

As a Member of an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team