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Family, Friends and Support Networks: Providing care to someone else

I do not need assistance in my caring role.

0

I sometimes need assistance in my caring role.

14

I need daily support with my caring role.

21

I need full support with my caring role.

35

Family, Friends and Support Networks: Care provided by an informal carer

I am able and willing to continue in my current caring role.

0

Being a carer impacts on my daily life and leads to minor stress.

3

I provide substantial care each week which has a big impact on my life. I need regular support to enable me to continue at the present level.

6

My caring role causes high levels of stress and some health problems. I need regular breaks throughout the year to enable me to continue caring at the present level.

12

Communicating and Expressing My Wishes

I can communicate with people without any need for assistance.

0

I find it difficult to communicate with people in some situations.

1

I find it difficult to communicate with people in most situations.

2

I cannot communicate with others without support from a person who knows my communication needs.

6

Capacity to Make Decisions

I can make decisions about my life without additional support.

0

I can make decisions about my life with some support and advice.

2

I am able to make most day to day decisions, but need more support to make bigger decisions about my life.

4

Other people make most of the decisions about my life.

6

Other people make all the decisions in my life.

8

Personal Care: Day Time

I can manage all my day time personal care needs without support.

0

I need support with personal care but it is safely provided by my informal carer.

0

Occasionally I need support / additional support with personal care (2-3 days a week).

9

I often need support / additional support with my personal care (3-5 days a week).

15

I need daily support of one person with personal care.

21

I need daily support; sometimes I need additional support from 2 people.

32

I always need 2 additional people to support with personal care.

42

Personal Care: Night Time

I do not need any support during the night.

0

I need support through the night but it is safely provided by my informal carer.

0

I occasionally need additional support during the night, e.g. if I am ill or in an emergency.

5

I need support during the night - several times a month.

10

I need support / additional support during the night - several times a week.

44

I always need additional support during the night.

76

Eating and Drinking

I can prepare my meals, eat and drink without help.

0

I need support with meals but it is safely provided by my informal carer.

0

I need support to eat, drink and/or prepare meals at least once a day.

5

I need support to eat, drink and/or prepare all my meals.

14

I need all my meals and drinks to be prepared and/or I need encouragement and prompting to eat and drink adequately.

19

I need all my meals and drinks to be prepared for me and I need assistance to eat and drink.

25

Running My Home

I am able to run and maintain my home without any additional support.

0

I need support but it is safely provided by my informal carer.

0

I need occasional support to run and maintain my home.

2

I need support at least once a week to run and maintain my home.

5

I need support several times each week to run and maintain my home.

8

I need support in all aspects of running and maintaining my home.

10

Health and Wellbeing

I am generally well and have no concerns.

0

My condition is usually managed but I need support occasionally when I'm unwell.

3

I am unwell a lot and need additional support to manage my condition.

7

I need specialist support all of the time to maintain my health and wellbeing.

14

Health: Stability

I am generally well and have no problems remaining stable.

0

I need support once a week to ensure I remain stable.

3

I need support 2-3 times a week to ensure I remain stable.

7

I need support 4 or more times a week to ensure I remain stable.

14

Community Life: Participating in your community

I am able to participate as much as I want to.

0

I need help to participate but it is safely provided by my informal carer.

0

I need occasional support.

1

I need support at least once a week.

6

I need support several times a week.

12

I need daily support to participate in my community.

24

Community Life: Accessing work and learning

I do not need any support to access work or learning.

0

I need help but it is safely provided by my informal carer.

0

I am currently working or learning and sometimes need support to keep this going.

2

I have a few chances to work or learn and need support to do these more.

6

I do not have any chances to work or learn. I need support to do these more.

12

Community Life: Travel

I do not need any additional support to be able to travel.

0

I need help but it is safely provided by my informal carer.

0

I often need support to be able to travel.

2

I need support every day to be able to travel.

4

I need a high level of additional support every day to be able to travel.

5

Living Safely and Taking Risks

I do not need any additional support to stay safe.

0

I need help to stay safe, but it is safely provided by my informal carer.

0

I can keep myself safe, but I need someone to check on me occasionally and support me quickly if something goes wrong.

14

I sometimes need additional help to stay safe. People can get worried about my safety.

32

I need help to stay safe most of the time. There have been some instances where my safety has been at risk at home or when I go out, and people have been worried about me.

64

I always need monitoring to make sure I keep safe. There have been a lot of instances where my safety has been at risk at home or when I'm out, and people have been very worried about me.

112

Risks: Behaviour

I do not do things that could hurt me or others.

0

Some things I do are a problem for other people, but there is no physical risk to either myself or others.

2

Occasionally situations occur which may cause harm to either myself or other people.

7

Once or twice a week, situations occur which may cause harm to myself or others.

32

Situations occur daily that are dangerous and could cause serious harm to myself or other people. I need support at all times.

112