means a wheelchair propelled by another person or an aid or appliance “assisted aid” propelled by a motor means take a bath or a shower “bathe” “buy” means- (a) determine how much money is required to purchase food and drink; (b) assess the availability of the money referred to in (a); and (c) purchase online, by telephone or in a shop; means throughout the entire duration of the activity; “continual” means heat food at or above waist height; “cook” means convey and understand information in the “communicate” claimant’s native language; means- “communication support” (a) support from a person trained to communicate with people with limited communication abilities: or (b) use of an aid or appliance; means a journey- “complex journey” (a) which involves more than one mode of transport; or (b) to an unfamiliar destination; means- “groom” (a) comb or brush one’s hair; (b) wash and one’s hair; (c) clean teeth, one’s above a level of self-neglect; means for at least half the duration of the activity; “intermittent” of self-neglect” means a level that is considered socially unacceptable; “level means manage evacuation of the bowel or bladder including “manage incontinence” using a collecting device or self-catheterisation but not clean after evacuation; means take medication at the time advised by a healthcare “manage medication” professional; in the context of the second activity in paragraph 3 of the Schedule, “manual aid”, means an aid or appliance other than a wheelchair or an aid or appliance propelled by a motor; means prescribed medication; “medication” of “mode transport” includes walking; a health means “monitor condition” – (a) detect significant changes in a health condition; and
“assisted aid” means a wheelchair propelled by another person or an aid or appliance propelled by a motor “bathe” means take a bath or a shower “buy” means- (a) determine how much money is required to purchase food and drink; (b) assess the availability of the money referred to in (a); and (c) purchase online, by telephone or in a shop; “continual” means throughout the entire duration of the activity; “cook” means heat food at or above waist height; “communicate” means convey and understand information in the claimant’s native language; “communication support” means- (a) support from a person trained to communicate with people with limited communication abilities: or (b) use of an aid or appliance; “complex journey” means a journey- (a) which involves more than one mode of transport; or (b) to an unfamiliar destination; “groom” means- (a) comb or brush one’s hair; (b) wash one’s hair; and (c) clean one’s teeth, above a level of self-neglect; “intermittent” means for at least half the duration of the activity; “level of self-neglect” means a level that is considered socially unacceptable; “manage incontinence” means manage evacuation of the bowel or bladder including using a collecting device or self-catheterisation but not clean after evacuation; “manage medication” means take medication at the time advised by a healthcare professional; “manual aid”, in the context of the second activity in paragraph 3 of the Schedule, means an aid or appliance other than a wheelchair or an aid or appliance propelled by a motor; “medication” means prescribed medication; “mode of transport” includes walking; “monitor a health condition” means – (a) detect significant changes in a health condition; and
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