PIP: Planning and following journeys

What does “to follow a journey” mean? Does it mean to “follow a route”? Is the length of a journey or route defined?

I assume that “planning” and “following” are considered two different activities. The question related to both physical and mental health. Therefore, it could be that a claimant could tick two (or more) boxes and provide details and evidence to support their choice. Ought a claimant tick all boxes that are relevant to him/her or only the box that would provide most point if accepted. If the latter than, presumably, health issues relevant to lower-scoring options ought to be detailed in the answer?

Thanks,

Mari W

Thanks, Gordon, but what if more than one tick box is an accurate description? The questions on the B & W self-score test do not only relate to degreees of limation but different limitations. For example, the same claimant might tick both:

11 b. Needs prompting to be able to undertake any journey to avoid overwhelming psychological distress to the claimant an score 4 points because of agoraphobia
AND
11 f. Cannot follow the route of a familiar journey without another person, an assistance dog or an orientation aid score 12 points because he has MS or is blind

Another claimant could tick:

11 c. Cannot plan the route of a journey and score 8 points because of severe learning difficulties
AND
11 d. Cannot follow the route of an unfamiliar journey without another person, assistance dog or orientation aid and score 10 points because she has learning difficulties
AND
11 e. Cannot undertake any journey because it would cause overwhelming psychological distress to the claimant and score 10 points because she has panic attacks.

I hope that explains my point.

Mari

Thanks again, Gordon.

That was exactly what I’ve been pondering and you’ve confirmed what I concluded is the only sensible approach- ticking all relevant boxes and supporting the options in a detailed answer.

Mari