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Deafness and dementia
— consulting on the issues | | Author(s) | Kate Allan |
| Journal title | Journal of Dementia Care, vol 14, no 3, May/June 2006 |
| Pages | pp 35-38 (Research focus) |
| Keywords | Hearing Impairment ; Dementia ; Projects. |
| Annotation | The author describes a consultation exercise that looked at the issues for two groups of people with dementia: those with acquired hearing loss, and those who had always been deaf. The consultation exercise was carried out to obtain insight into the important challenges which need to be tackled. The study sought the views of service users, relatives, care practitioners (mostly care assistants) and British Sign Language (BSL) or English interpreters - 43 people in all. Issues covered in this research focus include recognising deafness, social isolation, implications for communication, hearing aids, and the needs of deaf sign language users with dementia. The consultation exercise was undertaken jointly by the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), University of Stirling and Deaf Action in Edinburgh. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060606215 A |
| Classmark | BV: EA: 3E |
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