Service episode—type of goods and equipment received, code N

• Community Services (retired), Standard 29/04/2006

CODE 1 Self-care aids

Eating aids – crockery, cutlery, plate guard, bowl guard
Dressing aids – button hook, clothes tongs, zip pull
Washing aids – bathrails/hoist/seat, shower rails/fitting/seat
Bag, urinal, incontinence pad, uredome, urinary appliances
Bowel appliances – colostomy bag, bowel pad
Toilet chair, commode, frame, conventional toilet use aids
Cooking aids (excl. eating utensils), special iron
Other aids for self care

CODE 2 Support and mobility aids

Callipers, splints
Belts, braces, neck collar, corsets
Crutches for support, walking frame/stick
Ankle/knee strap, built up shoe, foot/leg support NEC
Transporter chair, pusher, tricycle
Wheelchair manual or unspecified
Wheelchair, motorised
Henry lifter, hoist, patient lifter Scooter
Ejector chair, hard-back chair, made to measure chair, chair NEC
Special bed, cushions/pillows for support
White cane
Sonic beam, laser cane, optacon
Guide dog
bars/hooks/rails/straps, attached to walls, etc., for support and mobility
Other aids for support or mobility

CODE 3 Communication aids

Aid, hearing
Teletext
Telephone attachment or adaptation (e.g. answering service, flashing light, headpiece, TTY telephone)
Writing aids (mouthstick, writing pad, typewriter, communication board)
Computers – Kurzweil personal reader, communication
Speaking aids - electrolarynx

CODE 4 Reading aids

Contact lenses, reading/magnifying glasses
Braille books/items/watch
Books, large print/talking, cassette recorders/players
Reading frame, page turners, reading aids not associated with loss of sight
Other reading or sight aids
Dwelling modification to aid communication – intercom
Other aids for communication

CODE 5 Medical care aids

Breathing pumps – oxygen masks, ventilator
Dialysis machine, kidney functioning machines
Heart stimulus/functioning machines, pacemaker
Ostomy appliances/Stoma appliances, excluding colostomy bag
Other aids for medical care

CODE 6 Car modifications

Accelerator/brake/controls, hand – car modifications
Handles/lifter/rails/ramps – car modifications
Mirrors/steering/windows, power – car modifications
Other car modifications – automatic transmission, room for wheelchair

CODE 8 Other goods/equipment

Other goods/equipment NEC

The agency should record the type of goods or equipment received by the client (on loan or by purchase) on each instance of assistance. This information can then be amalgamated to provide a measure of the types of goods and equipment received by a client over a reporting period (which will vary according to collection requirements).

Where the client receives more than one of the same type of good or equipment (e.g. several food packets) on the same occasion, the agency should only record this once. Where the client receives different types of goods or equipment on the same occasion, the agency should separately record each type of goods or equipment against the same date.