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6 years 10 months ago #191058 by Val46
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Hi, just looking for some clarification on this. My son recently attained 11 points daily living on mental health grounds. He scored 2 on each of the cooking, washing , money etc. In his application & at the assessment he stated how he never has any appetite & it is a daily ongoing struggle to encourage him to eat, he can go days at a time without food, maybe a bag of crisps.
He scored 0 for this, eating taking nutrition. On the award letter the DM stated he didn't feel he needed any aids to eat & therefore he found he could eat unaided.
On all the other descriptors, where he scored, they stated he needed assistance/prompting, all except this one where they mentioned aids only.
Is it correct that prompting is used in this activity ? Although it does seem a little odd that needing an aid scores less than prompting, so I was wondering what degree of prompting are they looking for. Is a depressed person with little to no appetite sufficient, or are they looking at someone who is malnourished ?
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He scored 0 for this, eating taking nutrition. On the award letter the DM stated he didn't feel he needed any aids to eat & therefore he found he could eat unaided.
On all the other descriptors, where he scored, they stated he needed assistance/prompting, all except this one where they mentioned aids only.
Is it correct that prompting is used in this activity ? Although it does seem a little odd that needing an aid scores less than prompting, so I was wondering what degree of prompting are they looking for. Is a depressed person with little to no appetite sufficient, or are they looking at someone who is malnourished ?
Thank you.
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6 years 10 months ago #191063 by Gordon
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Val
Not eating properly comes under Preparing Food, not the Taking Nutrition activity which is solely concerned with the physical act of eating, so if he scored for prompting in the Food activity (d) then his problems would seem to have been covered in the assessment.
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Not eating properly comes under Preparing Food, not the Taking Nutrition activity which is solely concerned with the physical act of eating, so if he scored for prompting in the Food activity (d) then his problems would seem to have been covered in the assessment.
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6 years 10 months ago #191093 by Val46
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Sorry, perhaps I didn't explain my question clearly. he got points for not being able to cook/prepare meals due to need for prompting. He got 0 for taking nutrition with the reason given as he didn't need the use of any aids to take nutrition. Is this activity based on aids only ? Does the need to be prompted to take nutrition count ? As in a depressed person who has no appetite, whilst they can physically do the taking of nutrition their depression/anxiety leaves them mentally not caring if they eat or not.
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6 years 10 months ago #191099 by Gordon
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As I explained in my previous post problems with needing to be prompted to eat come under the Preparing Food activity, not the Eating and Drinking one which is solely concerned with the physical act of eating and any problems that a claimant might have in doing so.
So if it is accepted that he needs prompting to Prepare a Meal then this would also cover the issue of his needing prompting to then eat it.
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As I explained in my previous post problems with needing to be prompted to eat come under the Preparing Food activity, not the Eating and Drinking one which is solely concerned with the physical act of eating and any problems that a claimant might have in doing so.
So if it is accepted that he needs prompting to Prepare a Meal then this would also cover the issue of his needing prompting to then eat it.
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6 years 10 months ago #191269 by mandy76
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Hello Gordon
Sorry for jumping in to another member's post but concerning activities of preparing food and eating and drinking, based on your answer, I think I completed my last PIP form incorrectly for these activities because I took it to mean that needing prompting (due to depression) to eat or drink would come under question 4, eating and drinking rather than question 3 preparing food. This is because the descriptor for question 4, eating and drinking says: d. Needs prompting to be able to take nutrition which I assumed covered lack of motivation. Have I misunderstood?
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Sorry for jumping in to another member's post but concerning activities of preparing food and eating and drinking, based on your answer, I think I completed my last PIP form incorrectly for these activities because I took it to mean that needing prompting (due to depression) to eat or drink would come under question 4, eating and drinking rather than question 3 preparing food. This is because the descriptor for question 4, eating and drinking says: d. Needs prompting to be able to take nutrition which I assumed covered lack of motivation. Have I misunderstood?
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6 years 10 months ago #191290 by Gordon
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phidgity
You are perfectly correct.
Val
I'm very sorry I read the high level description of the activity and not the Descriptors and confused the quality of the food being eaten with the need for prompting.
So yes Descriptor (d) of the Eating and Drinking activity does cover prompting to eat. Are your sons problems in this area documented and has his GP attempted any treatment?
The Descriptor is primarily aimed at claimants with Anorexia and other eating disorders, I think he will struggle to score against it if his problems are not being looked at by those treating him.
Gordon
You are perfectly correct.
Val
I'm very sorry I read the high level description of the activity and not the Descriptors and confused the quality of the food being eaten with the need for prompting.
So yes Descriptor (d) of the Eating and Drinking activity does cover prompting to eat. Are your sons problems in this area documented and has his GP attempted any treatment?
The Descriptor is primarily aimed at claimants with Anorexia and other eating disorders, I think he will struggle to score against it if his problems are not being looked at by those treating him.
Gordon
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