How do PIP points work?

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Each of the 12 tasks has descriptors. One descriptor is chosen for a task, and that descriptor carries the points. You need 8 points in daily living for the standard rate and 12 for the enhanced rate. Mobility is scored again, separately, with the same 8 and 12 thresholds. A descriptor applies when it is the one that fits on more than half of days, and only if the task can be done safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time. This page does not add the points up for you. The descriptor table is in the assessment guide. Daily living and mobility are separate The first 10 tasks are daily living: preparing food, taking nutrition, managing therapy, washing, toilet needs, dressing, communicating, reading, engaging with other people, and budgeting. The last 2 are mobility: planning and following a journey, and moving around. A high score on one part does not spill into the other. More than half of days The test is the majority of days over the required period, not the worst afternoon and not the best one. If two descriptors could each apply on more than half of days, the higher one is used. If it only happens on some days, say that. Stretching it to most days is not the test, and it is a poor answer. The four reliability tests Safely means unlikely to cause harm, during or after the task. An acceptable standard means the task is actually completed. Repeatedly means as often as you need to. A reasonable time means no more than twice as long as a person without the condition would take. If you need another person, or an aid, to meet those four tests, that is part of the answer. The name of the illness is not.