Record information – functional impact of vision loss

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1 Recent updates …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 2 Before you start …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 3 Understand and record the functional impact of vision loss assessment ……………….. 6 4 Next steps …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7

SGP KP Publishing – Record information – functional impact of vision loss

This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer, participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer, NCC officer, provider support) to:

• understand the functional impact of vision loss assessment
• record information from the functional impact of vision loss assessment.

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Recent updates

July 2023

Expanded definition of functional impact of vision loss assessment.

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2 Before you start

You have:

• read Our Guidelines – applying to the NDIS
• read the article Understand functional capacity assessments
• read the article Create a new functional capacity assessment case.

3 Understand and record the functional impact of

vision loss assessment

Functional impact of vision loss assessments help us to understand how a person’s vision loss affects their daily life. The assessor asks the person a series of questions. They then select statements to best describe the impact.

Completion of the assessment can be:

• by an allied health professional
• done internally. It is available on the NDIS intranet.

You will enter the results into PACE.

Record information from the functional impact of vision loss assessment

To record a functional impact of vision loss assessment, at the Select Tools step in the Functional Capacity Assessment:

1. Select No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select Functional Impact of Vision Loss.
4. Select Next.
5. Enter Assessment completion date.
6. Select Score.
7. Select Next.
8. Check the Confirmation details.
9. Select Done.

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Next steps

There are no further steps.

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