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Column 1 Activity | Column 2 Descriptors | Column 3 Points |
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1. Preparing food. | a. Can prepare and cook a simple meal unaided. | 0 |
b. Needs to use an aid or appliance to be able to either prepare or cook a simple meal. | 2 | |
c. Cannot cook a simple meal using a conventional cooker but is able to do so using a microwave. | 2 | |
d. Needs prompting to be able to either prepare or cook a simple meal. | 2 | |
e. Needs supervision or assistance to either prepare or cook a simple meal. | 4 | |
f. Cannot prepare and cook food. | 8 | |
2. Taking nutrition. | a. Can take nutrition unaided. | 0 |
b. Needs – | 2 | |
(i) to use an aid or appliance to be able to take nutrition, or | ||
(ii) supervision to be able to take nutrition, or | ||
(iii) assistance to be able to cut up food. | ||
c. Needs a therapeutic source to be able to take nutrition. | 2 | |
d. Needs prompting to be able to take nutrition. | 4 | |
e. Needs assistance to be able to manage a therapeutic source to take nutrition. | 6 | |
f. Cannot convey food and drink to their mouth and needs another person to do so. | 10 | |
3. Managing therapy or monitoring a health condition. | a. Either – | 0 |
(i) does not receive medication or therapy or need to monitor a health condition, or | ||
(ii) can manage medication or therapy or monitor a health condition unaided. | ||
b. Needs [F1any one or more of the following] – | 1 | |
(i) to use an aid or appliance to be able to manage medication, F2... | ||
(ii) supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to manage medication F3.... | ||
[F4(iii) supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to monitor a health condition.] | ||
c. Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to manage therapy that takes no more than 3.5 hours a week. | 2 | |
d. Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to manage therapy that takes more than 3.5 but no more than 7 hours a week. | 4 | |
e. Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to manage therapy that takes more than 7 but no more than 14 hours a week. | 6 | |
f. Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to manage therapy that takes more than 14 hours a week. | 8 | |
4. Washing and bathing. | a. Can wash and bathe unaided. | 0 |
b. Needs to use an aid or appliance to be able to wash or bathe. | 2 | |
c. Needs supervision or prompting to be able to wash or bathe. | 2 | |
d. Needs assistance to be able to wash either their hair or body below the waist. | 2 | |
e. Needs assistance to be able to get in or out of a bath or shower. | 3 | |
f. Needs assistance to be able to wash their body between the shoulders and waist. | 4 | |
g. Cannot wash and bathe at all and needs another person to wash their entire body. | 8 | |
5. Managing toilet needs or incontinence. | a. Can manage toilet needs or incontinence unaided. | 0 |
b. Needs to use an aid or appliance to be able to manage toilet needs or incontinence. | 2 | |
c. Needs supervision or prompting to be able to manage toilet needs. | 2 | |
d. Needs assistance to be able to manage toilet needs. | 4 | |
e. Needs assistance to be able to manage incontinence of either bladder or bowel. | 6 | |
f. Needs assistance to be able to manage incontinence of both bladder and bowel. | 8 | |
6. Dressing and undressing. | a. Can dress and undress unaided. | 0 |
b. Needs to use an aid or appliance to be able to dress or undress. | 2 | |
c. Needs either – | 2 | |
(i) prompting to be able to dress, undress or determine appropriate circumstances for remaining clothed, or | ||
(ii) prompting or assistance to be able to select appropriate clothing. | ||
d. Needs assistance to be able to dress or undress their lower body. | 2 | |
e. Needs assistance to be able to dress or undress their upper body. | 4 | |
f. Cannot dress or undress at all. | 8 | |
7. Communicating verbally. | a. Can express and understand verbal information unaided. | 0 |
b. Needs to use an aid or appliance to be able to speak or hear. | 2 | |
c. Needs communication support to be able to express or understand complex verbal information. | 4 | |
d. Needs communication support to be able to express or understand basic verbal information. | 8 | |
e. Cannot express or understand verbal information at all even with communication support. | 12 | |
8. Reading and understanding signs, symbols and words. | a. Can read and understand basic and complex written information either unaided or using spectacles or contact lenses. | 0 |
b. Needs to use an aid or appliance, other than spectacles or contact lenses, to be able to read or understand either basic or complex written information. | 2 | |
c. Needs prompting to be able to read or understand complex written information. | 2 | |
d. Needs prompting to be able to read or understand basic written information. | 4 | |
e. Cannot read or understand signs, symbols or words at all. | 8 | |
9. Engaging with other people face to face. | a. Can engage with other people unaided. | 0 |
b. Needs prompting to be able to engage with other people. | 2 | |
c. Needs social support to be able to engage with other people. | 4 | |
d. Cannot engage with other people due to such engagement causing either – | 8 | |
(i) overwhelming psychological distress to the claimant, or | ||
(ii) the claimant to exhibit behaviour which would result in a substantial risk of harm to the claimant or another person. | ||
10. Making budgeting decisions. | a. Can manage complex budgeting decisions unaided. | 0 |
b. Needs prompting or assistance to be able to make complex budgeting decisions. | 2 | |
c. Needs prompting or assistance to be able to make simple budgeting decisions. | 4 | |
d. Cannot make any budgeting decisions at all. | 6 |
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 table substituted (20.4.2017) by The Personal Independence Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/69), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)
F2Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 table omitted (20.4.2017) by virtue of The Personal Independence Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/69), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)
F3Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 table omitted (20.4.2017) by virtue of The Personal Independence Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/69), regs. 1, 2(3)(c)
F4Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 table added (20.4.2017) by The Personal Independence Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/69), regs. 1, 2(3)(d)