Promote awareness of sensory loss
In this tutorial you will learn:
- About strategies to promote awareness of sensory loss
- About what is defined as sensory loss
- About how sensory loss can affect individuals
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ’The needs of older people with acquired hearing and sight loss’, produced by the Tony Pocklington Trust
- ‘Improving outcomes for individuals with hearing loss and dementia' by Justine Sweet, MSc
- 'Dementia and sensory loss: Deafblindness' from the Social Care Institute for Excellence
- ‘Remarkable Conversations: A guide to developing meaningful communication with children and young adults who are deafblind’, published by Perkins School for the Blind
- ‘Access to Communication: Developing the basics of communication with people with severe learning difficulties through intensive interaction’, written by Melanie Nind and Dave Hewett
- ‘Supporting people with sensory loss’ by Action on Hearing Loss and RNIB
- ‘Raising awareness of sensory impairment with nurses working in the community’ by the University of Stirling
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on ‘Raising Awareness of hearing and sight loss in later life’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘Sensory impairment’.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click the icon to explore the website of Sense, a charity for deafblind people. Read the articles and newsletters and consider if they are suitable for your setting. Is there anything that you can implement in your own practice?
- Click the icon to access the website of RNID. Explore the support and training resources that are offered.
- Click the icon to access the website of Deafblind UK, a national charity that provides specialist services and human support to deafblind individuals
- Click to read the three case studies on Sensory impairment and dementia in 'Supporting people with dementia and other conditions' from Skills for Care.
- Click to read ‘Dementia and sensory loss’ on the NHS Health Education England website.
- Click to read ‘Work' from the RNID.
- Think And Challenge
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