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Can eat/drink without support

Can eat/drink with some support eg. promoting or food being chopped up

Requires constant supervision and support

Independently mobile (using aids if required), with low risk of falls

Mobile with supervision or support, with moderate risk of falls

Support required from more than one person, requires hoist or confined to bed

Full mental capacity

Occasionally disorientated

Frequently confused & forgetful

Can hold a conversation and remember information

Can partially communicate, e.g. nodding head

Unable to communicate

Happy to accept support where needed

Usually accepts support, but sometimes needs persuasion

Rarely willing to accept support without persuasion

No support needed at night

Support needed 1-2 times a week

Support needed several nights a week

Can dress and manage personal hygiene independently

Requires some supervision / support

Requires full support

Fully continent

Continent if assisted to toilet

Regularly incontinent

Can self-administer without supervision

Administered or supervised by staff, but co-operative

Administered by staff – sometimes refused or issues swallowing

Complex medication, e.g. syringe driver or controlled drugs

Specialist interventions e.g. colostomy, catheter care or PEG feeds

Clinical monitoring e.g. blood pressure, blood sugars & urine tests

Palliative / end-of-life care

None