The question goes like this:
HAVE YOU, OR, IF YOU ARE THE PRINCIPAL APPLICANT, ANY OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS LISTED IN YOUR APPLICATION OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN CANADA EVER:
K) HAD ANY SERIOUS DISEASE OR ANY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISORDER YES NO?
Hence I am confused...........
Yeah these are very subjective questions aren't they?
The problem is the word "Serious".
If you ask a medical doctor/healthcare professional, they might give you very different answers compared to a layperson.
As a guide I would say that if your disease or disorder has required you to be hospitalized ie had to be admitted to the hospital unit or ward for further treatment and monitoring then it should point to something more "serious". Having said that often times patients are admitted because we suspect something serious but then get discharged when we CANNOT find anything serious.
The other point is what type of treatment are they getting? Which is a far easier way to gauge "Seriousness".
See below list :
1) Hemodialysis or Peritoneal Dialysis - Renal Failure
2) Chemotherapy- Cancer
3) Radiotherapy - Cancer
4) Prolonged (weeks to months) antimicrobial treatment eg treatment for Tuberculosis, Intravenous antibiotics for septic arthritis
5) Prolonged rehabilitation program (eg spinal cord damage , paraplegia, stroke)
6) Inpatient psychiatric monitoring (severe psychosis, schizophrenia, drug addiction)
7) Daily home care due to immobility or Institutionalized (eg severe Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), severe Parkinson's, Dementia)