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3 years 7 months ago #264097 by kah22
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My nephew had a fall when seven, he actually broke his neck and received pioneering surgery, he is now in his early 40s and while he has suffered pain throughout his life it has becoming more severe. He now has arthritis in both his arms and legs
His medications consists of daily does of Co-codamol. Because of the effect it has on his stomach and because it makes him drowsy at times he stops taking it for a period of time. His dose 8/500 as far as I recall. He has been taking these tablets for a number of years now
How should we treat this under Managing Treatments
His medications consists of daily does of Co-codamol. Because of the effect it has on his stomach and because it makes him drowsy at times he stops taking it for a period of time. His dose 8/500 as far as I recall. He has been taking these tablets for a number of years now
How should we treat this under Managing Treatments
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3 years 7 months ago #264118 by LL26
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Hi Kevin,
All descriptors (or problems doing them) need to be done 'for the majority of days'. So your nephew could potentially get points if he could show that he has problems managing his meds that comprised this majority. So, if your nephew misses 1 day a week, that won't give rise to any points. If the missed doses are more prevalent, let's say 4 days a week, then this would be the starting place to examine this descriptor further. Descriptor 3 looks at issues when people need certain help to take the correct medicine. 3(b) (ii) deals with scenarios where people need to be prompted or supervised to take medicine etc -if an aid such as a dosette box or phone alarm can be used instead that would comprise 3(b)(i). You would need to see whether your nephew needed this kind of help for the majority of days. (The remainder of 3 comprises points for varying amounts of physical help giving therapy eg such as dialysis, cpap machine for sleep apnoea or maybe nebuliser - it could also relate to manual therapy/exercises to build up strength etc when these can't be done unaided. I suspect only 3b would apply.)
You would need to consider how 'safe' your nephew is - does having no pain relief for a while put him at substantial risk to his health? Perhaps not, but this might be different if his medicine was any epileptic or a vital inhaler to reduce asthma? However, if your nephew is more prone to falls, or without his medication can not do other activities then there might be a substantial risk to health. All PIP activities have to be done to an acceptable standard, safely, repeatedly across the day and within a reasonable time. (But, as stated above an occasional missed dose won't fit within the majority pattern so will never give rise to points.)
The members guides have lots more useful information - here's the link
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
Consider the effect of medication (or none) on how your nephew undertakes other PIP activities. Whilst he may/ may not get points under Descr 3, if there are falls, too much pain, fatigue etc this could provide evidence for points in other areas.
I hope this helps.
LL26
All descriptors (or problems doing them) need to be done 'for the majority of days'. So your nephew could potentially get points if he could show that he has problems managing his meds that comprised this majority. So, if your nephew misses 1 day a week, that won't give rise to any points. If the missed doses are more prevalent, let's say 4 days a week, then this would be the starting place to examine this descriptor further. Descriptor 3 looks at issues when people need certain help to take the correct medicine. 3(b) (ii) deals with scenarios where people need to be prompted or supervised to take medicine etc -if an aid such as a dosette box or phone alarm can be used instead that would comprise 3(b)(i). You would need to see whether your nephew needed this kind of help for the majority of days. (The remainder of 3 comprises points for varying amounts of physical help giving therapy eg such as dialysis, cpap machine for sleep apnoea or maybe nebuliser - it could also relate to manual therapy/exercises to build up strength etc when these can't be done unaided. I suspect only 3b would apply.)
You would need to consider how 'safe' your nephew is - does having no pain relief for a while put him at substantial risk to his health? Perhaps not, but this might be different if his medicine was any epileptic or a vital inhaler to reduce asthma? However, if your nephew is more prone to falls, or without his medication can not do other activities then there might be a substantial risk to health. All PIP activities have to be done to an acceptable standard, safely, repeatedly across the day and within a reasonable time. (But, as stated above an occasional missed dose won't fit within the majority pattern so will never give rise to points.)
The members guides have lots more useful information - here's the link
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
Consider the effect of medication (or none) on how your nephew undertakes other PIP activities. Whilst he may/ may not get points under Descr 3, if there are falls, too much pain, fatigue etc this could provide evidence for points in other areas.
I hope this helps.
LL26
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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