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Care and mobility considerations

Mild Functional Restriction

Category Description

Disabling Effects

People with a mild functional restriction are likely to -:

  • Be under GP care only
  • Live independently in the community
  • Have been advised by an HCP or DVLA that they are safe to drive

Mobility

They would normally have no physical difficulty in getting around.

They should not have difficulty finding their way around unfamiliar places and should not require guidance.

Care

They should not normally exhibit significant self-neglect.

They should not normally have any significant functional loss that will result in a reduction of their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Moderate Functional Restriction

Category Description

Disabling Effects

People with a moderate functional restriction are likely to -:

  • Be under the care of a mental health team or neuropsychiatry team
  • Live at home and have been assessed as requiring twice daily supervision
  • Have been advised by an HCP or DVLA that they are not safe to drive or their licence has been revoked by DVLA

Mobility

They would normally have no physical difficulty in getting around.

They may have difficulty finding their way around unfamiliar places and may require guidance.

Care

They may require prompting in carrying out complex activities such as preparation of food, taking medication and dealing with correspondence and financial matters.

They are not likely to require assistance with most aspects of bodily function

They are not likely to require supervision to prevent potentially dangerous behaviours or activities.

Severe Functional Restriction

Category Description

Disabling Effects

People with a severe functional restriction are likely to -:

  • Attend psychiatric day hospital
  • Live in residential care or long term hospital care or if living at home been assessed as requiring 12 to 24 hour supervision
  • Have been advised by an HCP or DVLA that they are not safe to drive or their licence has been revoked by DVLA

Mobility

They would normally have no physical difficulty in getting around.

They may have difficulty finding their way around unfamiliar places and may require guidance.

Care

They may require prompting with a variety of day to day activities, depending upon the severity of their symptoms.

Amended May 2009