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Aids and appliances for preparing food and taking nutrition
I’m arguing that Beans on Toast is insufficient for a simple meal.
Neither are fresh for a start, .
nothing better than a freshly baked loaf of bread (I bake my own…...)
however, slicing same can be difficult!
However, if they were components of an Full English Breakfast then this would be sufficient to pass the test of a simple meal. .
and then there’s still issues on dealing with the rest of the constituents of said full english
as for the beans - can the person open a can?
Sorry if I’ve been unclear on this - the assumption is that the claimant has described making B&T (and similar) and the relevant score to be attributed.
Hello Again, an update on my client’s case:
Was initially awarded 2pts under Activity 1(b) as he cannot cut up food due to lack of grip/strength in one hand, and it is accepted he needs an aid/appliance., and 0 points were awarded for Descriptor 2 where the Definition of ‘Take Nutrition’ includes the cutting up of food and so 2(b)(i) or (iii) must also apply.
At Tribunal, despite getting some extra points elsewhere which took him to 6 there was still 0 points awarded for descriptor 2, I therefore asked for a SOR and this has now come through,
regarding activity 2:
‘‘On this basis the tribunal could see no reason why the appellant should be unable to use adapted cutlery to assist him with cutting up food’’
Surely adapted cutlery qualifies as an aid ??? and therefore descriptor 2 (b)(i)
Just in case I am missing something before requesting to go to UT
Thanks Greg
I’m with you all the way Greg - improves the impaired physical function of gripping in order to be able to cut up food - straightforward definition in reg 2
Me too.
Just had a similar one where tribunal found client needed to use a dosette box and write notes to herself to remember to take her meds due to short term memory issues (associated with her disability) but that as she managed her medication no points could be awarded (I know it’s only 1 point but…)
Should be straightforward even taking the most limited view of ‘aid’ given by CPIP/3369/2015
Paragraph 31
...So, using an ordinary wooden spoon to stir hot food while it is cooking is using an ‘aid’ in the everyday sense of the word, but it would not assist in overcoming the consequences of any loss of function, because it would be used anyway. But if the spoon had a special handle for someone with poor grip, it would be an aid for the purposes of Activity 1 (preparing food). Gripping is a function involved in cooking and the use of a handle that improves grip makes the spoon an aid.”
http://www.osscsc.gov.uk/Aspx/view.aspx?id=4843
Same must apply to aids for taking nutrition
Phil (Inverclyde)