No 4 point PIP descriptors results

Submission ID: 1163763
Date: 2025-04-09 17:04:22
Nickname:
Age: 50-60
Main health condition: Both physical and mental health
Main conditions that affect daily living: Insulin dependant diabetes
Bi-lateral hearing impairment
Processing deficits
Retinal Pigmentosa
Nystagmus
Fatigue
Anxiety / Depression
Rate of PIP daily living component: Standard
4 point descriptor score: No
Possibility to score at least one 4-point daily living descriptor at the next review: Unlikely
Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: Not preparing simple meal from fresh due to fatigue, energy levels. Use microwave to warm up pre-prepared snacks (2 points).

Managing therapy or monitoring a health condition: often forget medication / risk overdosing, do not hear CMG alarm, Poor appetite, fatigue (1 point).

Shower once a week, unable to step out of bath or shower without assistance (maximum of 3 points).

Reading and understanding signs, symbols and words: lots of eye strain reading, nystagmus and retinal challenges.

Communication / Engaging with other people face-to-face: hearing aid wearer, still unable to hear people most of the time (2 points).

Budgeting: need help to Fluctuating mobility, sight, hearing due to vestibular dysfunction.
Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: Would be less than £3,777.80 to live on.
Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: Have accessed employment support in the past: applied for P/T jobs with help from job coach, without success.

Understandable for employers, I'm much slower, have poor communication and visual competency, diabetes and balance issues mean risk of falls.

High anxiety / depression under pressure, leads to absence / mistakes / conflict / cost of recruiting and not retaining workforce unrealistic.

Volunteer maximum 4 hours once a week - flexible, due to fluctuating condition, fatigue - different expectation for paid staff.
Anything else to tell us: Without support, life cannot be sustained - I'd be a much higher risk of burden on health & social care, given previous psychosis / suicidal issues.

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