Taking nutrition

Taking nutrition is one of the daily living activities. The points you score for this activity are added to your scores for the other daily living activities.

Check your likely award

Working out how many points you might get can be difficult. The Turn2us PIP Helper takes you through a questionnaire about the PIP activities and gives you an estimate of the award you might be entitled to, so you don't have to work out the points yourself.

Use the Turn2us PIP Helper

Think about whether you can take nutrition

When considering this activity, think about whether you can take:

• cut up food
• eat and drink
• chew and swallow

Think about whether you can do these:

• Safely
• Well enough (including without experiencing too much pain or exhaustion)
• Often enough
• Without taking too long

You get points for the sentence that is true for most of the time, or more than half the time. If more than one sentence is true, you will only get points for the one that is true for the most time. 

You can only score one set of points for taking nutrition - do not add the points together.

No points

You get no points if you can cut up food, eat, drink, chew and swallow without any help.

Two points

You get two points if you:

• need someone to cut up your food, or 
• need someone to keep you safe while eating or drinking, or
• use a feeding tube independently, or
• need a special aid to cut up food, eat, drink, chew or swallow.

Four points

You get four points if you need someone to remind or encourage you to eat or drink.

Six points

You get six points if =ou need someone else to help you use a parenteral or enteral tube to eat and drink.

Ten points

You get ten points if you need someone to feed you food or drink.