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This section applias to all ●ged 65yrs and over. Tbe ~stions *ower tw -in areda.
?irstZy, the erteat to which lack of pbycical ~bility ukas life diffiCult for s-
●ldarly.paopla ,-,&d cacond2Y i the +contacti that’the e2derly hw* with relatives and
frioib and tha eqtent tm which .@ey usc the varioum health and _unitY >se-ices ‘
-Ultly qovided .
Plaasa -e tha ding master for continuity, tiaataant of w answers ●tc.
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1St quarter, flag and specify all _entm.
~. 1 DO you ever wear glasses or contact lenses?
Applies to
check that
Use code 9
all aged 65 or over.
code 1 or 2 is ringed.
if not answered.
xf the informant is blind —— recode to cede 3. DBletc any other precedes ringed. ifJI.3
then applies.
Include in code 2 those who say they have glaenes or contact lenses but don’t wear
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Refer qU!?rieSb S/V.
Qn. 3ia) Do you ever wear an aid?
Include in cde 2 thone who have bearing aids but &n’ t war tham.
Qm. 4 - 12 Mobility ●nd Tasks
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fie -phanis at these questions is on &at the informant ●ctually does rather than on
what he or ■he may ha @Iyaically capabla of.
The questions relate to the usual situation. If an -inf0-t feels- ti3at● recant ‘
reduetion in mobility iB Zikmly m be pa-ent this cbould be ~eh~ as’’the ui~l
●itmtion.
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-wary rd~iona in rnbllity mhould be igmred.
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wvarcd at ● quastinki for-axkpla, qotting UP ●nd down
bod, the activity obould be tied ●t ●e ● whole. If,
help UP steps, ht not down tba; ha sbculd be
If more than one ●ctivity is
steps, ~tting in and out of
therefore, the informant Ins
considered u king brlp .
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Saasonal vuiati0n8/veatbOr conditions. Zha ganerc2 rule is to take the ~ weather
sit-tion for haw the informant unagam ●g ‘.aay when the uutbar ia good’. If =
have been given a choice of anaverm, take the anmmr relating to the ~ of YCU of
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