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3 years 9 months ago #261681 by Souter
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Hi, can you advise us a urinal bottle classed as an aid or is it just the commode that is classed as the aid.
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3 years 9 months ago #261718 by BIS
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Hi Souter
It's impossible to say sometimes what is categorically an aid and what isn't, but I would count it as one.
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It's impossible to say sometimes what is categorically an aid and what isn't, but I would count it as one.
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3 years 9 months ago #261745 by denby
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Hi, the point about a urinal bottle is that it is used because of difficulty getting to or using the toilet. So I would suggest you need to explain what those issues are in words of one syllable, so it is hard for an assessor to ignore or pretend they do not understand.
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3 years 9 months ago #261761 by an ex nurse
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Hi, am I correct in thinking that actually getting to the toilet is not included in this activity it is actually using the toilet they are interested in . Just to ensure the correct focus to score points. If this is not accurate please correct me.
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3 years 9 months ago #261771 by denby
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To elaborate, one might use a bottle because of mobility problems OR because of significant urgency / frequency which is a toiletting problem. Or both. Hence need to write very simply and definitely about it in answers to all the relevant questions.
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3 years 9 months ago #261785 by Catherine
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Hi,
There was a curious bit of case law where the judge decided that in a particular case the bottle did not count as an aid since it was being used to help prevent infection and was therefore considered to be therapeutic treatment since it was not being used to compensate for an 'impaired function', be it physical or mental. A reasonable extrapolation would be that if it is being used to compensated for an impaired function, then it is an aid.
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There was a curious bit of case law where the judge decided that in a particular case the bottle did not count as an aid since it was being used to help prevent infection and was therefore considered to be therapeutic treatment since it was not being used to compensate for an 'impaired function', be it physical or mental. A reasonable extrapolation would be that if it is being used to compensated for an impaired function, then it is an aid.
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