Washing and bathing

Washing and bathing 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 wash and bathe

When considering this activity, think about whether you can take wash yourself and bathe safely.

Think about what help you need most of the time to do it:

• 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 washing and bathing - do not add the points together.

No points

You get no points if you can wash and bathe yourself without any help.

Two points

You get two points if you:

• need a special aid, or
• need prompting, or
• need supervision, or
• need help washing your hair, or
• need help washing below your waist.

Examples of aids:

• Bath grab rails or hoist
• Bath or shower chair
• Long handled bath brush

Three points

You get three points if you need someone to help you get in or out of the bath or shower.

Four points

You get four points if you need someone to help you to wash your body between your shoulders and your waist.

Eight points

You get eight points if you can’t wash or bathe at all and you need someone to do it for you.