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An exploration of access to health and social care services by older deaf people in Scotland
— report; research carried out in partnership with Deaf Connections, Glasgow |
| Author(s) | Caroline Donaldson, Ailsa Cook |
| Corporate Author | Royal Bank of Scotland Centre for the Older Person's Agenda - COPA, Queen Margaret University Edinburgh |
| Publisher | The Royal Bank of Scotland Centre for the Older Person's Agenda, Musselburgh, September 2007 |
| Pages | 43 pp |
| Source | Download (16/9/08) The Royal Bank of Scotland Centre for the Older Person's Agenda, Queen Margaret University Edinburgh, Musselburgh EH21 6UU. E-mail: copa@qmu.ac.uk Website: http://www.qmu.ac.uk/copa |
| Keywords | Hearing Impairment ; Services ; Health services ; Usage [services] ; Pilot ; Projects ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | There were some 758000 people in Scotland in 2007 who were either deaf or hard of hearing. This report outlines the methods used in a research project conducted focus groups with 18 older deaf people who were users of Deaf Connections services in the west of Scotland. Findings are presented on the three key issues identified in analysis of the focus group data: communication support, deaf awareness, and specialist services. Among the report's recommendations for policy and practice to improve services for deaf people are: joint partnership working between health and social care service providers and organisations providing specialist services to older deaf people; deaf awareness training; and increased involvement and participation of deaf people in developing service provision and delivery that meets their needs. The report also makes recommendations on future research to involve service users. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080917005 E |
| Classmark | BV: I: L: QLD: 4UC: 3E: 9A |
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