Reaching

Cannot raise either arm as if to:

• put something in the top pocket of a coat/jacket 15
• Put on a hat 15
• to reach above the head  15
• Cannot put hands behind back as if to put on a coat or jacket    15

 Cannot raise one arm arm to:

• to put on a hat       6
• reach above the head    0

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 Speech

• Cannot speak    15

Speech cannot be understood by:

•  family or friends    15
• strangers    15

 Strangers understand speech:

• with great difficulty  10
• with some difficulty    8

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 Hearing  (with an aid if worn)

• Cannot hear at all  15
• Cannot hear  to follow a TV programme with volume turned up  15

 Cannot understand someone talking in a:

• loud voice in a quiet room 15
• normal voice in a quiet room 10
• normal voice on a busy street 8

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Vision (in normal daylight or bright indoor light with aids)

 Cannot see well enough to:

• tell light from dark 15
• see the shape of furniture 15
• read 16 pt. print at 20cm+ 15
• recognise friend in same room 12
• recognise friend across the street

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 Continence - No voluntary control of:

• Bowels 15
• Bladder  15

Loses control of bowels:

• at least once a week 15
• at least once a month 15
• Occasionally 9

Loses control of bladder

• at least once a month 3
• Occasionally 0

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Remaining conscious

Has an involuntary episode of lost or altered consciousness at least

• once a day 15
• once a week 15
• once a month  15
• twice in the last 6 months 12
• once in the last 6 months 8
• once in the last 3 years 0

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