Assessing support needs at home
Aged care assessor (speaking English) and Older person (speaking Pashto) talk through “Assessing support needs at home”. You interpret both ways — English into Pashto, and Pashto into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Before we begin, Mr Shinwari, could you tell me which everyday tasks have become harder for you while living here in Strathfield?
Model answer and marking points
شینواری صاحب، مخکې له دې چې پیل وکړو، راته ویلای شئ چې دلته په سټراټفیلډ کې د اوسېدو پر مهال کوم ورځني کارونه درته سخت شوي دي؟
What an examiner checks here:
- Before beginning
- Mr Shinwari addressed
- Living in Strathfield
- question: which everyday tasks have become harder?
Easy to miss: Keep the question about which tasks have become harder, rather than asking whether any tasks are difficult.
پخوا مې د کور ټول کارونه پخپله کول، خو اوس مې زنګنونه درد کوي. د پخلي لپاره ډېر نه شم درېدای، او د جامو مینځل هم راته سخت شوي دي.
Model answer and marking points
I used to do all the housework myself, but now my knees hurt. I can’t stand for very long to cook, and doing the laundry has become difficult for me too.
What an examiner checks here:
- Previously did all housework independently
- Knees now hurt
- Cannot stand for long to cook
- Laundry has also become difficult
Easy to miss: The limitation is standing for a long time, not being unable to stand at all.
Thank you for explaining that. When you use the bathroom or move around the house, do you feel steady, or have you had any falls recently?
Model answer and marking points
مننه چې دا مو راته تشریح کړه. کله چې تشناب کاروئ یا په کور کې ګرځئ، د توازن په ساتلو کې ستونزه خو نه لرئ، یا په دې وروستیو کې کله لوېدلي یاست؟
What an examiner checks here:
- Thanks for explaining
- Using the bathroom or moving around the house
- question: do you feel steady?
- question: have you had any falls recently?
Easy to miss: Ask about both steadiness and recent falls; do not assume a fall has occurred.
تېره اوونۍ په تشناب کې وښویېدم، خو ولوېدم نه. له هماغې ورځې راهیسې وېرېږم چې یوازې غسل وکړم. لور مې په اوونۍ کې دوه ځله راځي، خو هر وخت راسره نه شي پاتې کېدای.
Model answer and marking points
I slipped in the bathroom last week, but I didn’t fall. Since that day, I’ve been afraid to shower on my own. My daughter comes twice a week, but she can’t stay with me all the time.
What an examiner checks here:
- Slipped in the bathroom last week
- Did not fall
- Afraid to shower alone since that day
- Daughter visits twice a week
- Daughter cannot stay all the time
Easy to miss: He slipped but explicitly did not fall.
That sounds frightening. We can discuss help with showering and a home safety review. Would you feel comfortable having someone assist you with personal care?
Model answer and marking points
دا خو وېروونکې تجربه ښکاري. موږ د غسل لپاره د مرستې او د کور د خوندیتوب د ارزونې په اړه خبرې کولای شو. که څوک د شخصي پاملرنې په کارونو کې درسره مرسته وکړي، تاسې به ورسره هوسا یاست؟
What an examiner checks here:
- Acknowledges frightening experience
- Can discuss assistance with showering
- Can discuss a home safety review
- question: comfortable receiving assistance with personal care?
Easy to miss: A home safety review is an assessment of safety, not house cleaning.
مرستې ته اړتیا لرم، خو د غسل لپاره مې زړه غواړي چې سړی راسره مرسته وکړي. لږ شرمېږم. د کور صفایي هم راته ګرانه شوې، په تېره بیا د تشناب مینځل.
Model answer and marking points
I need help, but I would prefer a man to help me shower. I feel a little embarrassed. Cleaning the house has become difficult for me too, especially cleaning the bathroom.
What an examiner checks here:
- Needs assistance
- Prefers a man to assist with showering
- Feels a little embarrassed
- House cleaning has become difficult
- Bathroom cleaning is especially difficult
Easy to miss: The male-worker preference specifically concerns assistance with showering.
I will record your preference for a male worker. Apart from meals, how are you managing your medicines and getting to appointments outside your home?
Model answer and marking points
زه به د نارینه کارکوونکي لپاره ستاسې خوښه ثبت کړم. د خوړو له چارو پرته، خپلې دواګانې څنګه سمبالوئ او له کوره بهر ټاکلو ملاقاتونو ته څنګه ځئ؟
What an examiner checks here:
- Will record preference for a male worker
- Meals set aside for this question
- question: how are medicines managed?
- question: how does he get to appointments outside the home?
Easy to miss: Preserve both questions: managing medicines and travelling to appointments.
دواګانې مې په یوه بکس کې ایښې دي او هر سهار یې اخلم. لور مې ما ډاکټر ته بیایي، خو کله چې هغه په کار وي، د تګ لپاره څوک نه لرم.
Model answer and marking points
I keep my medicines in a box and take them every morning. My daughter takes me to the doctor, but when she’s at work, I have no one to take me.
What an examiner checks here:
- Medicines kept in a box
- Takes medicines every morning
- Daughter takes him to the doctor
- No one to take him when daughter is at work
Easy to miss: The medicines are taken every morning; the box is not described as a special pill organiser.
Your daughter can be involved if you agree, but I also want to hear your priorities. Which support would make the biggest difference to you?
Model answer and marking points
که تاسې موافق یاست، لور مو هم په دې بهیر کې برخه اخیستلای شي، خو زه غواړم ستاسې خپل لومړیتوبونه هم واورم. کومه مرسته به ستاسې په ژوند کې تر ټولو ډېر بدلون راولي؟
What an examiner checks here:
- Daughter can be involved with his agreement
- Wants to hear his own priorities too
- question: which support would make the biggest difference?
Easy to miss: The daughter’s involvement depends on his agreement.
هو، زه راضي یم چې له لور مې سره هم خبرې وکړئ. تر هر څه مخکې د غسل او پخلي مرسته غواړم. غواړم په خپل کور کې پاتې شم او د هر کار لپاره خپلې لور ته محتاج نه شم.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, I agree to you speaking with my daughter too. Above all, I want help with showering and cooking. I want to stay in my own home and not have to depend on my daughter for everything.
What an examiner checks here:
- Agrees to worker speaking with daughter too
- Showering assistance is a top priority
- Cooking assistance is a top priority
- Wants to remain in his own home
- Does not want to depend on daughter for everything
Easy to miss: He wants to avoid depending on his daughter for everything, not refuse all help from her.
I will include those needs in your assessment and explain the next steps. Before I leave, is there anything else you would like me to know?
Model answer and marking points
زه به دا اړتیاوې ستاسې په ارزونه کې شاملې کړم او راتلونکي ګامونه به درته تشریح کړم. مخکې له دې چې لاړ شم، بله کومه خبره شته چې غواړئ زه پرې خبر شم؟
What an examiner checks here:
- Will include those needs in the assessment
- Will explain next steps
- Before leaving
- question: anything else he would like the worker to know?
Easy to miss: Recording needs in an assessment is not a promise that services have already been approved.
یوه بله خبره هم ده. له کله چې مې مېرمن مړه شوې، ډېر یوازې شوی یم. که نږدې د مشرانو کومه ډله وي چې ورسره ناسته پاسته وکړم، ښه به وي.
Model answer and marking points
There’s one more thing. Since my wife died, I’ve been very lonely. It would be good if there were a seniors’ group nearby where I could spend time with other people.
What an examiner checks here:
- Has one more matter to mention
- Wife has died
- Very lonely since her death
- Would welcome a nearby seniors’ group
- Wants social contact through the group
Easy to miss: His wife has died; do not interpret this as separation or her being away.
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