Daily living component activity 1 descriptor D (2 points)
Needs prompting to be able to either prepare or cook a simple meal.
Who this applies to
Prompting means reminding, encouraging or explaining by another person. For example, this may apply to:
- an individual who lacks motivation to prepare and cook a simple meal, due to a mental health condition
- an individual who needs reminded how to prepare and cook a simple meal because they have a learning disability, regardless of whether they are reminded or not
Daily living component activity 1 descriptor D is most likely to apply to an individual whose needs relate to mental health conditions and/ or conditions that impact their cognitive abilities.
Example: An individual living with depression, who satisfies daily living component activity 1 descriptor D
Application form
James has depression and takes Venlafaxine 150mg, a moderate dose of a second line antidepressant.
He has sent an application form, along with a letter from his community psychiatric nurse. His ADP application shows that he has lots of difficulty motivating himself to do things, and a level of self-neglect which results in him not making food for himself, as well as not wearing clean clothes or showering regularly.
Supporting information
His community psychiatric nurse (CPN) has written a letter to support his application, which goes into more detail about how his mum rings him every day and tells him to make himself some food.
Most of the time when his mum rings, it takes a bit of nagging, but he’ll then make himself something from the freezer. In his application form, he says that he’ll make something like chicken nuggets and beans, or a pizza in the oven.
Case manager’s decision
As James needs to be encouraged to prepare and cook a meal for himself, he requires prompting to perform this activity.
Although his application form and community psychiatric nurse (CPN) letter does not mention if he can do the physical parts of this activity, such as chopping and peeling, it’s unlikely that he’d need to use aids because of his mental health condition.
He has no other conditions to indicate that he’d be unable to prepare and cook a simple meal from fresh ingredients with prompting.
The case manager determines that James satisfies daily living component activity 1 descriptor D because he needs to be prompted by his mum to make himself a meal.
Example: An individual with global developmental delay, who satisfies daily living component activity 1 descriptor D
Application form
Sarah is 17 and has global developmental delay.
Her mum, who is her appointee, completed her Adult Disability Payment (ADP) application for her. It says that when she attended a school for children with additional needs, she did some cooking lessons and learned some basic recipes. Her mum says that she particularly enjoys making cakes.
In her application form, her mum says that Sarah has to be reminded of some of the steps of making meals but will help her mum in making the family meals. Her mum gives an example of making a Sunday roast. She says that she’ll give Sarah a list of things to do, like “can you peel and chop the potatoes and then put them on the cooker?”. Sarah will follow these instructions, but then needs more instructions afterwards to know what to do.
Sarah has a report from her school that shows this was the case throughout her education. If she was given guidance and encouragement, she could perform a task well and had quickly learned about safety issues such as sharp knives and naked flames.
Her application form shows that she has never had any accidents in the kitchen, and knows how to check when food is cooked, if instructed to do so.
Case manager’s decision
As Sarah needs to be reminded to perform tasks in a certain order, she requires prompting to perform this activity. She does not need supervision, because she can keep herself safe in the kitchen.
The case manager determines that Sarah satisfies daily living component activity 1 descriptor D, because of the prompting she receives from her mother to perform this activity.