This guide provides insights into stroke and its potential impact on daily living and mobility. It explains how stroke might affect your ability to carry out everyday activities safely, effectively, accurately, and repeatedly.
People with stroke have a range of characteristics and will have different experiences. No two people are the same and common characteristics of stroke that may influence PIP claims include:
There are 3 types of strokes – Ischaemic Stroke, Haemorrhagic Stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack
Ischaemic Stroke – caused by a blockage in the brain which cuts off the blood supply and kills brain cells. This can change the way that your body works, how you think, feel and communicate.
Haemorrhagic Stroke – this in caused by bleeding in or around the brain. This can change the way that your body works, how you think, feel and communicate. There are 2 types:
Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA or mini-stroke) – this is the same as a stroke, but the symptoms last a short time. You get stroke symptoms because a blood clot is blocking the blood supply to your brain. When the clot moves away the stroke symptoms stop.
Other symptoms or issues related to stroke should also be considered during the claims process.
The following sections outline the daily activities assessed in PIP claims and how stroke may affect them. This is not an exhaustive list; ensure all relevant details are included in your application.
Stroke can impact how you prepare a simple meal in a variety of ways:
You may experience the following when eating and drinking:
This descriptor examines how you manage health-related treatments, and you may find:
This looks at the ability of being able to bath or shower and what issues you may experience:
This descriptor is about the ability to use a toilet independently and to be able clean yourself afterwards and have no continence issues:
This looks at whether you can dress and undress yourself and choose appropriate clothing:
This descriptor looks at someone’s ability to verbally communicate and to be able to express and convey information and to be able to receive and understand information
This relates to the ability to read and understand written or printed information
Due to your stroke, you may struggle socially and find it difficult due to:
This descriptor looks at if an autistic person can manage their money:
These evaluate how stroke may affect mobility related tasks. This is not an exhaustive list; ensure all relevant details are included in your application.
Stroke may make planning and following a journey challenging:
Moving around can affect people who have had a stroke in the following ways:
It is important that when you complete your PIP form, that you include how the stroke affects you in relation to each descriptor. Ensure that you give specific examples,
under each descriptor, where you have struggled due your stroke, where appropriate. It is important that you include any aids, adaptations or support/supervision that you need to help you complete each activity, where appropriate.
This information only covers stroke. If you have any other health conditions and/or disability you should include how they impact you under the relevant descriptors.
Remember to include copies of any relevant medical evidence, diagnosis letters, care plans etc to support your claim for PIP.
Please remember that this is not a complete list and if you have other symptoms or conditions that affect this descriptor, they need to be included on your PIP claim. More information can be found at www.gov.uk
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