Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment: consultation

Section 6 – Asking about a person’s daily living activities

The daily living section of the Adult Disability Payment application looks at a person’s ability to carry out everyday activities. There are 10 activities for the daily living component:

• Preparing food
• Taking nutrition
• Managing therapy and monitoring a health condition
• Washing and bathing
• Managing toilet needs or incontinence
• Dressing and undressing
• Communicating verbally
• Reading and understanding signs, symbols and words
• Engaging socially with other people face to face
• Making budgeting decisions.

The following questions ask about the daily living part of the Adult Disability Payment application form rather than the rules about the daily living part. If you would like to comment on the rules for the daily living part, please see section 4 of the consultation document.

You can read a copy of the application form here (please note this opens in PDF format). The questions about the daily living activities begin on page 37.

Question 12

How effective do you think the daily living part of the Adult Disability Payment application is at helping Social Security Scotland understand a person’s daily living needs?

• Very effective
• Effective
• Somewhat effective
• Not very effective
• Not effective at all

Please give reasons for your answer.

Question 13

Are there any other issues with the daily living part of the Adult Disability Payment application that have not been captured above?

• Yes
• No
• Don’t Know

(a) If you said “yes”, what other issues with the daily living activities do you think need to be considered?

(b) Are there any other things you would like to tell us about the daily living part of Adult Disability Payment?