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2 years 1 month ago #275830 by Waxwing
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My brother takes rest breaks when he prepares himself a meal because of the pain in his lower and middle back because of his spinal fracture and kyphoscoliosis. He has asked me to enquire how he would word this on his PIP2 form because he is not sure if he should include how long he can prepare a meal before he needs to take a rest break. The rest breaks occur at different times and at different lengths of time depending on what he is doing. It is worse when he has to stand to monitor pans or to prepare vegetables (he is unable to sit on perching stools because of the pain it gives him in his spine)
Also my brother understands that preparing a meal is about making food ready to eat but he is also unsure if he should include the fact that he is unsteady when his moves around the kitchen and he is unbalanced because of the curvature of his spine and he has to hold onto work tops for support. He also moves slowly and carefully because sudden movements gives him pain and risks further deteriating his spinal condition. Would this be wise to include because he feels it is not part of the PIP Activity of making food ready to eat.
The reason why I am asking this is because I have not noticed anything mentioned about this in your excellent guides under preparing a meal. (Unless I might have missed it which is very possible for me.)
Thank you kindly for your time, patients and assistance.
Kind Regards
Waxwing
My brother takes rest breaks when he prepares himself a meal because of the pain in his lower and middle back because of his spinal fracture and kyphoscoliosis. He has asked me to enquire how he would word this on his PIP2 form because he is not sure if he should include how long he can prepare a meal before he needs to take a rest break. The rest breaks occur at different times and at different lengths of time depending on what he is doing. It is worse when he has to stand to monitor pans or to prepare vegetables (he is unable to sit on perching stools because of the pain it gives him in his spine)
Also my brother understands that preparing a meal is about making food ready to eat but he is also unsure if he should include the fact that he is unsteady when his moves around the kitchen and he is unbalanced because of the curvature of his spine and he has to hold onto work tops for support. He also moves slowly and carefully because sudden movements gives him pain and risks further deteriating his spinal condition. Would this be wise to include because he feels it is not part of the PIP Activity of making food ready to eat.
The reason why I am asking this is because I have not noticed anything mentioned about this in your excellent guides under preparing a meal. (Unless I might have missed it which is very possible for me.)
Thank you kindly for your time, patients and assistance.
Kind Regards
Waxwing
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2 years 1 month ago #275832 by BIS
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Hi Waxing.
My view (and it's a personal one) your brother should avoid tying him down to specific times. He can certainly think about it and have an idea if the question comes up - but so often, people get the timings wrong, or they are misinterpreted by the assessor.
I would be emphasising that your brother because of his condition/s and the pain he experiences, moves around the kitchen far slower than somebody who doesn't. He always has to stop for a break (to catch his breath, sit down, lean against a wall, stop on his crutches etc(this is guesswork - he obviously needs to put in his own answer), and it can take him some time to move again. Does he become more tired, does he become breathless, and is his balance affected? Is he safe? Can he repeat an action in the same time frame that someone else would? (Nope). You can of course, say he stops for 1 minute or 10 minutes, but you risk the assessor thinking that is quite normal - which is why I always use the sentence 'slower or twice as slow as somebody who doesn't have the condition.'
You can say that he moves around slowly because of the fear and real likelihood of damaging his spine. You can't cook a meal without moving from one part of a kitchen to another.
BIS
My view (and it's a personal one) your brother should avoid tying him down to specific times. He can certainly think about it and have an idea if the question comes up - but so often, people get the timings wrong, or they are misinterpreted by the assessor.
I would be emphasising that your brother because of his condition/s and the pain he experiences, moves around the kitchen far slower than somebody who doesn't. He always has to stop for a break (to catch his breath, sit down, lean against a wall, stop on his crutches etc(this is guesswork - he obviously needs to put in his own answer), and it can take him some time to move again. Does he become more tired, does he become breathless, and is his balance affected? Is he safe? Can he repeat an action in the same time frame that someone else would? (Nope). You can of course, say he stops for 1 minute or 10 minutes, but you risk the assessor thinking that is quite normal - which is why I always use the sentence 'slower or twice as slow as somebody who doesn't have the condition.'
You can say that he moves around slowly because of the fear and real likelihood of damaging his spine. You can't cook a meal without moving from one part of a kitchen to another.
BIS
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