The homemaker is generally, but not always, the wife and/or mother in the family.
To be considered a homemaker, there must be at least one person in the home.
To be defined as homemaker for the purpose of determining disability, the individual
must have been a homemaker prior to the disability and must be one who does not require
employment to meet his needs without public assistance.
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a.
The following activities are important to the successful performance of homemaking
duties:
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Shopping for food and supplies.
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Planning and preparing meals.
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Cleaning house (sweeping, mopping, dusting, scrubbing and moving furniture).
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Washing and ironing clothes.
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b.
In addition, where the care of young children is the responsibility of the homemaker:
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Lifting and carrying infants or small children.
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Bathing and dressing young children.
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Training and supervising children.
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Taking children to sources of medical care.
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Accompanying children to community activities.
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c.
Also, in particular settings, limited facilities may make the following necessary:
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Pumping and carrying water.
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If an individual is unable to perform a significant combination of these activities
because of a permanent impairment, she may be found totally disabled. Also, when an
individual may still have sufficient capacity to perform some or all of the above
services for at least one other person, but is not able to perform for the number
of hours daily that are involved or predictably enough to meet the responsibilities
involved, she may be found totally disabled.