Rising from sitting in an upright chair with a back but no arms without the help of another person. Sometimes cannot rise from sitting to standing without holding on to something. Sometimes cannot either bend or kneel, or bend and kneel as if to pick up a piece of paper fro the floor and straighten up again. Cannot pick up and carry a 2.5kg bag of potatoes with either hand. Cannot raise either arm to his head as if to put on a hat.
Strangers have great difficulty understanding speech.
Hearing with a hearing aid or other aid if worn. Cannot hear sound at all. Vision in normal daylight or bright electric light with glasses or other aid to vision if such aid is normally worn. Cannot tell light from dark. Loses control of bowels at least once a month.