PIP Form Query

Hi Whistler,
Monitoring a health condition means physically checking things, on advice from your GP or nurse.An obvious example would be to check blood pressure via a monitor or to check peak flow for an asthmatic. The monitoring will check if your health is ok, and whether some action is required.
Whilst I appreciate that your wife may need to supervise you whilst eg you are walking, dressing or preparing food to ensure you are safe or perhaps to assist you complete the activity, unless there is some specific medical check that she has to do then unfortunately you will not be able to score for monitoring a health condition. If you need help to take medicine, then you may be able score under 3b i or ii instead of iii?
I hope this helps.
LL26

Hi Whistler_Lightspeed

Managing medication means the ability to take prescribed medication in the correct way and at the right time.

Monitoring a health condition or recognising significant changes means the ability to detect changes in the condition and take corrective action, as advised by a healthcare professional.

Note that ‘keeping an eye’ on how a person is doing does not count as monitoring, unless the person is monitoring a specific parameter under medical advice and is implementing treatment modifications to prevent deterioration.

Gary