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Please note that when assessing the points you score, issues such as pain, fatigue and variability should all be taken into account.
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1. Preparing food and drink.
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1 a. Can prepare and cook a simple meal unaided. 0 points
1 b. Needs to use an aid or appliance to either prepare or cook a simple meal. 2 points
1 c. Cannot cook a simple meal using a conventional cooker but can do so using a microwave. 2 points
1 d. Needs prompting to either prepare or cook a simple meal. 2 points
1 e. Needs supervision to either prepare or cook a simple meal. 4 points
1 f. Needs assistance to either prepare or cook a simple meal. 4 points
1 g. Cannot prepare and cook food and drink at all. 8 points
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2. Taking nutrition. |
2 a. Can take nutrition unaided. 0 points
2 b. Needs either - (i) to use an aid or appliance to take nutrition; or (ii) assistance to cut up food. 2 points
2 c. Needs a therapeutic source to take nutrition. 2 points
2 d. Needs prompting to take nutrition. 4 points
2 e. Needs assistance to manage a therapeutic source to take nutrition. 6 points
2 f. Needs another person to convey food and drink to their mouth. 10 points
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3. Managing therapy or monitoring a health condition. |
3 a. Either - (i) Does not receive medication, therapy or need to monitor a health condition; or (ii) can manage medication, therapy or monitor a health condition unaided, or with the use of an aid or appliance. 0 points
3 b. Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to manage medication or monitor a health condition. 1 points
3 c. Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to manage therapy that takes up to 3.5 hours a week. 2 points
3 d. Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to manage therapy that takes between 3.5 and 7 hours a week. 4 points
3 e. Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to manage therapy that takes between 7 and 14 hours a week. 6 points
3 f. Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to manage therapy that takes at least 14 hours a week. 8 points
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4. Bathing and grooming.
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4 a. Can bathe and groom unaided. 0 points
4 b. Needs to use an aid or appliance to groom. 1 points
4 c. Needs prompting to groom. 1 points
4 d. Needs assistance to groom. 2 points
4 e. Needs supervision or prompting to bathe. 2 points
4 f. Needs to use an aid or appliance to bathe. 2 points
4 g. Needs assistance to bathe. 4 points
4 h. Cannot bathe and groom at all. 8 points
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5. Managing toilet needs or incontinence.
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5 a. Can manage toilet needs or incontinence unaided. 0 points
5 b. Needs to use an aid or appliance to manage toilet needs or incontinence. 2 points
5 c. Needs prompting to manage toilet needs. 2 points
5 d. Needs assistance to manage toilet needs. 4 points
5 e. Needs assistance to manage incontinence of either bladder or bowel. 6 points
5 f. Needs assistance to manage incontinence of both bladder and bowel. 8 points
5 g. Cannot manage incontinence at all. 8 points
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6. Dressing and undressing.
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6 a. Can dress and undress unaided. 0 points
6 b. Needs to use an aid or appliance to dress or undress. 2 points
6 c. Needs either - (i) prompting to dress, undress or determine appropriate circumstances for remaining clothed; or (ii) assistance or prompting to select appropriate clothing. 2 points
6 d. Needs assistance to dress or undress lower body. 3 points
6 e. Needs assistance to dress or undress upper body. 4 points
6 f. Cannot dress or undress at all. 8 points
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7. Communicating.
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7 a. Can communicate unaided and access written information unaided, or using spectacles or contact lenses. 0 points
7 b. Needs to use an aid or appliance other than spectacles or contact lenses to access written information. 2 points
7 c. Needs to use an aid or appliance to express or understand verbal communication. 2 points
7 d. Needs assistance to access written information. 4 points
7 e. Needs communication support to express or understand complex verbal information. 4 points
7 f. Needs communication support to express or understand basic verbal information. 8 points
7 g. Cannot communicate at all. 12 points
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8. Engaging socially. |
8 a. Can engage socially unaided. 0 points
8 b. Needs prompting to engage socially. 2 points
8 c. Needs social support to engage socially. 4 points
8 d. Cannot engage socially due to such engagement causing either - (i) overwhelming psychological distress to the claimant; or (ii) the claimant to exhibit uncontrollable episodes of behaviour which would result in a substantial risk of harm to the claimant or another person. 8 points
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9. Making financial decisions. |
9 a. Can manage complex financial decisions unaided. 0 points
9 b. Needs prompting to make complex financial decisions. 2 points
9 c. Needs prompting to make simple financial decisions. 4 points
9 d. Cannot make any financial decisions at all. 6 points
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10. Planning and following a journey. |
10 a. Can plan and follow a journey unaided. 0 points
10 b. Needs prompting for all journeys to avoid overwhelming psychological distress to the claimant. 4 points
10 c. Needs either - (i) supervision, prompting or a support dog to follow a journey to an unfamiliar destination; or (ii) a journey to an unfamiliar destination to have been entirely planned by another person. 8 points
10 d. Cannot follow any journey because it would cause overwhelming psychological distress to the claimant. 10 points
10 e. Needs either - (i) supervision, prompting or a support dog to follow a journey to a familiar destination; or (ii) a journey to a familiar destination to have been planned entirely by another person. 15 points
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11. Moving around. |
11 a. Can move at least 200 metres either - (i) unaided; or (ii) using an aid or appliance, other than a wheelchair or a motorised device. 0 points
11 b. Can move at least 50 metres but not more than 200 metres either - (i) unaided; or (ii) using an aid or appliance, other than a wheelchair or a motorised device. 4 points
11 c. Can move up to 50 metres unaided but no further. 8 points
11 d. Cannot move up to 50 metres without using an aid or appliance, other than a wheelchair or a motorised device. 10 points
11 e. Cannot move up to 50 metres without using a wheelchair propelled by the claimant. 12 points
11 f. Cannot move up to 50 metres without using a wheelchair propelled by another person or a motorised device. 15 points
11 g. Cannot either - (i) move around at all; or (ii) transfer unaided from one seated position to another adjacent seated position. 15 points
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