I cannot find an Explanation of "Light activity" Ref Long Term Care under the healing skill? Can a character performing Long Term Care get 8 hour rest / sleep and recover spells.

[Carick]

I started reading up on the Healing and I cannot find an explanation of what Light activity is defined as

Light activity ref as part of Long Term Care

Let say the party camp for the night each character apart for the healer takes a watch during the night. Instead of taking a watch the Healer performs long term care would the healer still get 8 hour rest/sleep and recover spells.

Now the healer not taking a watch is to make up for fact that they have lost some of there rest time by undertake light activity.

I think this one is going to be come down to each DM's making a call or a house rule as there are “NO RULES” that I can find in the books or on line that cover what light activity is and how it effects rest and spell recovery.

The Game effect is that the party memember will heal quicker.

Long-Term Care: Providing long-term care means treating a wounded person for a day or more. If your Heal check is successful, the patient recovers hit points or ability score points lost to ability damage at twice the normal rate… 2 hit points per level for a full 8 hours of rest in a day… Giving long-term care counts as light activity for the healer… You cannot give long-term care to yourself.

[Orfamay Quest]

Given that actively providing care (moving around, changing bandages, taking temperatures, et cetera) counts as light activity, I would think that simply sitting there and not-sleeping would count as light activity as well.

But there are no rules that I am familiar with that provide an exhaustive list of permitted "light activity."