Turn2us PIP Helper course practice scenario

Welcome

Welcome to the PIP Helper tool Practice Scenario! The purpose of this exercise is to get comfortable with using the 'PIP Helper',  so you can better help your clients.

What will you need?

1. Make sure you've got a tab open in your internet browser with the PIP Tool on it.
2. Have this page handy. You can either print it out or keep it open on another screen. Whatever suits you best.

How to get started

In this exercise we will be practicing the 'How do you prepare for your PIP form’ part of the tool. We will use a practice scenario to look at how you can use the PIP Helper tool to check what PIP award your client is likely to get.

To begin the practice scenario, you will first need to navigate to the 'How do you prepare for your PIP form‘ section which is located near the bottom of the homepage on the PIP Helper tool. Once you have reached this page, scroll down to 'Check what PIP award you’re likely to get'.

Instructions

To complete this exercise, use the scenario given below and answer the questions provided in the ‘Check what PIP you are likely to get’ section of the PIP Helper tool. This will help figure out the possible PIP award for the practice client.

After entering all the scenario details to see the potential PIP award, you'll get an estimated total for daily living and mobility points. You can check the answer section at the bottom of this page to confirm if your total points match.

Practice scenario

1. Your client tells you they are visually impaired. They are always affected the same, and they don’t use any kind of prosthesis (a device that replaces a missing part of the body).
2. They tell you they struggle with cooking for themselves, they need help from the pharmacy to manage their medicine, and they can’t see well enough to read or to handle their bills on their own. When they go out, they need to use a white cane to help them navigate.
3. You explore the difficulties they have with cooking, and they tell you they need to use a liquid level indicator, and that they cannot see enough to read the use by dates on food packaging. They don’t need anyone else with them to help them cook, and with the aids they need they’re able to manage cooking on their own.
4. You explore the difficulties they have managing their medication, and they explain they can’t see the medicines well enough to tell which pills to take at which times, so the pharmacy has to make up a pill box for them. They don’t take any medication that needs to be injected or applied as a cream, nor do they need to monitor a health condition, and they don’t do any therapy or follow a special diet.
5. They tell you that even with a magnifying glass, they can only manage to read large print, and they cannot use a magnifying glass to read their post. They’re not dyslexic.
6. They tell you that to manage their bills, they need their daughter to come over once a month to help them read their post and go through their bank statement. They find it too difficult to manage using a magnifying glass.
7. They tell you that it’s too hard to use a magnifying glass to plan a route using a map or a bus timetable. They also tell you they always use a white cane when they’re out to help them to move around safely. They cannot follow any journeys at all without their white cane.