PIP Can I tick aids if rest for prep/cook Food

Hello Fellow forum members and moderators,

I have to send my PIP.1043 review form this saturday.
Checking my pip form from 3 years ago I can see I ticked Yes to ‘Do you need an aid or appliance to prepare or cook a simple meal because I had followed the advice of an association online that said that we should probably tick yes if we needed to sit down while preparing or cooking - a stool or similar counts as an aid or if we take rest breaks while preparing and cooking.

I had also said I needed help from another person.

Do you believe I did the wrong thing if I do not use aids at all.
I used to sit at the table on a chair 3 years back to prepare the food (peeling etc) and take rest breaks because I had problems with standing while cooking, walking one metre or 2 and even sitting. Now I cannot sit at a chair because of a catching in my hip so I have food delivered I do not cook.

May I ask if it is wrong to tick yes if the aid is only a normal chair (not a high perched stool by the cooker which for me is too dangerous anyway) at a table and yes because of rest breaks.
Maybe that is why I was given 2 points for aids only.
But I thought also that if I did not tick aids and they did not give me 8 points because i needed someone to prepare and cook food for me, at least I would get 2 points for aids rather than zero points.

What does one think, maybe?|
MANY THANKS
Best wishes

Also because there are different aids, it is useful to explain what you have tried and can’t get on with, for example a ring pull adapter to open cans still needs a degree of force to operate these successfully. If the strength in your hands/fingers is effected, then this may still be difficult to achieve. I found that if no aids are mentioned then it is assumed you can cope with any aid available. It helps to paint a better picture of what difficulties you have, even with aids .....

Excellent point.
Many thanks.

Best wishes