At a tribunal last week that I have asked for a statement for as there are a variety of odd things happening. Most I will not bore people with. However the medical member stated that she had come across a number of appellants recently who instead of having a carer dry the parts of there body with a towel made do with sitting in a towel and "air-drying" or drip drying as I think most people would call it. She thought that this was a perfectly good way of someone drying themselves. I did ask for my objections to be minuted. I think that it would be bizarre to argue that drying yourself/having help to dry yourself with a towel is squarely within the definition of normal everyday activities.

Anyone else come across this? Any thoughts other than you could I suppose "air-dry" on a "perching stool" while cooking your main meal for one.

that wouldn't dry the places that can only be reached with a towel (even if it is a valid method of drying oneself, which i don't see how it can be unless you live somewhere hot and sunny and even then i'd object!)

Yes, not relevent in this case but diabetic foot issues might be an issue.

Define try for the Upper Chamber.

When looking at the cooking test, look at CDLA/1714/2005 - Commissioner Bano - and CDLA/4958/2002 where they both discuss the ins & out of perching stools, slotted spoons etc ....

The Tribunal did not agree that the use of a towel was "reasonably required"...

Need I say more?

"The Tribunal did not agree that the use of a towel was "reasonably required"..."

the mind boggles.

what do they use?

and i feel sure that medical evidence would be available as to the fungal infections that could arise if various parts of the body were not fully dried...

Athlete's foot anyone?

I remember a nurse many years ago telling me about a particularly nasty 'blow hole' that appeared between one particular patient's toes that hadn't been dried properly. It wasn't a pretty description.