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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-personal-independence-payment-regulations-2013/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111532072",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-personal-independence-payment-regulations-2013",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule, —\n“aided” means with –\n(a) the use of an aid or appliance; or\n(b) supervision, prompting or assistance;\n“assistance” means physical intervention by another person and does not include speech;\n“assistance dog” means a dog trained to guide or assist a person with a sensory impairment;\n“basic verbal information” means information in C’s native language conveyed verbally in a simple sentence;\n“basic written information” means signs, symbols and dates written or printed standard size text in C’s native language;\n“bathe” includes get into or out of an unadapted bath or shower;\n“communication support” means support from a person trained or experienced in communicating with people with specific communication needs, including interpreting verbal information into a non-verbal form and vice versa;\n“complex budgeting decisions” means decisions involving –\n(a) calculating household and personal budgets;\n(b) managing and paying bills; and\n(c) planning future purchases;\n“complex verbal information” means information in C’s native language conveyed verbally in either more than one sentence or one complicated sentence;\n“complex written information” means more than one sentence of written or printed standard size text in C’s native language;\n“cook” means heat food at or above waist height;\n“dress and undress” includes put on and take off socks and shoes;\n“engage socially” means –\n(a) interact with others in a contextually and socially appropriate manner;\n(b) understand body language; and\n(c) establish relationships;\n“manage incontinence” means manage involuntary evacuation of the bowel or bladder, including use a collecting device or self-catheterisation, and clean oneself afterwards;\n“manage medication or therapy” means take medication or undertake therapy, where a failure to do so is likely to result in a deterioration in C’s health;\n“medication” means medication to be taken at home which is prescribed or recommended by a registered –\n(a) doctor;\n(b) nurse; or\n(c) pharmacist;\n“monitor health” means –\n(a) detect significant changes in C’s health condition which are likely to lead to a deterioration in C’s health; and\n(b) take action advised by a –\n(i) registered doctor;\n(ii) registered nurse; or\n(iii) health professional who is regulated by the Health Professions Council,\nwithout which C’s health is likely to deteriorate;\n“orientation aid” means a specialist aid designed to assist disabled people to follow a route safely;\n“prepare”, in the context of food, means make food ready for cooking or eating;\n“prompting” means reminding, encouraging or explaining by another person;\n“psychological distress” means distress related to an enduring mental health condition or an intellectual or cognitive impairment;\n“read” includes read signs, symbols and words but does not include read Braille;\n“simple budgeting decisions” means decisions involving –\n(a) calculating the cost of goods; and\n(b) calculating change required after a purchase;\n“simple meal” means a cooked one-course meal for one using fresh ingredients;\n“social support” means support from a person trained or experienced in assisting people to engage in social situations;\n“stand” means stand upright with at least one biological foot on the ground;\n“supervision” means the continuous presence of another person for the purpose of ensuring C’s safety;\n“take nutrition” means –\n(a) cut food into pieces, convey food and drink to one’s mouth and chew and swallow food and drink; or\n(b) take nutrition by using a therapeutic source;\n“therapeutic source” means parenteral or enteral tube feeding, using a rate-limiting device such as a delivery system or feed pump;\n“therapy” means therapy to be undertaken at home which is prescribed or recommended by a—\n(a) registered –\n(i) doctor;\n(ii) nurse; or\n(iii) pharmacist; or\n(b) health professional regulated by the Health Professions Council;\n“toilet needs” means –\n(a) getting on and off an unadapted toilet;\n(b) evacuating the bladder and bowel; and\n(c) cleaning oneself afterwards; and\n“unaided” means without –\n(a) the use of an aid or appliance; or\n(b) supervision, prompting or assistance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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