![]() How your difficulties and symptoms differ on good days and bad days This gives the DWP a better picture of how you cope most of the time. explain if it takes longer to eat later in the day, or when you're tiredĮxplain how you cope on both good days and bad days and how you manage over a longer period of time (like a week).Include the time for breaks if you can't eat a meal in one goĮxplain if it takes you even longer on a bad day If it’s too hard to estimate explain why - for example, because it depends what you try to eat, or your condition fluctuates. Think about whether it takes you at least twice as long to eat and drink as someone without your condition. I'll eat because she's there telling me to, but I'll avoid it if I can.' Time it takes My mum tries to come round most days to check up on me and see that I've eaten. I try to put off eating in case it makes me ill. 'My medication makes me feel queasy and sometimes it makes me sick after I've eaten. Try to be specific about whether you’re prompted, reminded or encouraged, and who does this. ![]() If you don’t eat regular meals, try to explain why and how often this happens. Trying to eat causes you pain or leaves you exhausted Someone prompts, reminds or encourages you whether there's anything you can do to prevent it happening.how often a risk happens, even if it doesn't happen regularly.If you've had problems with eating and drinking in the past, say what happened and why - for example if you had an epileptic fit while eating. For example, this could be because you're at risk of choking. They don't have to be constantly watching you - they just have to be around. This means that someone is with you when you eat or drink. If you can't feed yourself then you should definitely get PIP. If you can't get food or drink to your mouth at all and someone has to do this for you, explain who does this for you, why they need to, and what would happen if they didn't. For example if you don't eat fish because of the bones but you could if someone cut it up and de-boned it for you If you need someone to help you cut up your food then explain why they need to, and what would happen if they didn't.Īlso explain if you avoid eating any particular types of food because it needs to be cut up, or it's too fiddly. If someone helps you to eat or drink, explain what they do and why. include any aids that your condition prevents you from using.include any aids that would help you if you had them.make it clear if a health professional advised you to use them.explain what would happen it you didn't use them. ![]() Never miss an aid off your list because you think it's obvious, and always: List all the things you use and why you need them - for example if you have to use a bowl instead of a plate to avoid spilling your food. It might help to imagine eating out or at a friend’s house instead of your own. ![]() Think about what aids you need to eat and drink including things like weighted cups and adapted cutlery.
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