Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01106:reg:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01106
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8
Character Range: 19294–21117

8  Have unusual, inappropriate, or repetitive behaviours (eg uncontrolled eating, spinning objects, hand flapping, rocking, calling out or saying the same thing over and over again)?  Response code
   Never                                                                                                                                                                                a
   Sometimes                                                                                                                                                                            b
   Often                                                                                                                                                                                c

Part 2—Professional questionnaire

Division A

This is an assessment of personal activities of daily living.  For each function, the treating health professional must tick only the box that best describes the person receiving care.

The information under each function should be used as a record of what a person does, not as a record of what a person could do.

The main aim is to establish degree of independence from any help, physical or verbal, however minor and for whatever reason.

The need for supervision renders the person not independent.

A person's performance should be established using the best available evidence.  Asking the person, friends or relatives or both, and nurses will be the usual source, but direct observation and common sense are also important.  However, direct testing is not needed.

Usually the performance over the preceding 24-48 hours is important, but occasionally longer periods will be relevant.

Middle categories imply that the person supplies more than 50% of the effort.

Use of aids to be independent is allowed.