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The needs of older people with acquired hearing and sight loss
— [summary report] | | Author(s) | Sue Pavey, Graeme Douglas, Liz Hodges |
| Corporate Author | Thomas Pocklington Trust |
| Publisher | Thomas Pocklington Trust, London, June 2009 |
| Pages | 7 pp (Research findings, no 23) |
| Source | Thomas Pocklington Trust, Pier House, 90 Strand on the Green, London W4 3NN. www.pocklington-trust.org.uk |
| Keywords | Blindness ; Hearing Impairment ; Deaf-blind ; Needs [elderly] ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | This publication summarises findings from a research study funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust entitled 'Experiences of people with hearing and sight loss' carried by researchers at the School of Education, University of Birmingham and the University of Cambridge. The aim was to increase the knowledge base concerning the experiences, needs and goals of older people with both sight and hearing loss, with the focus on acquired loss, and to raise awareness of their needs and those working with them. The project's two phases are outlined. Phase 1 analysed two pre-existing datasets relating to 609 older people with hearing and sight loss. Phase 2 focused on case studies of 20 older people with hearing and sight loss, and drew out 13 broad themes: vision, hearing and other disabilities and health problems; identification; communication and social interaction; leaving the home and getting out and about; activities within and beyond the home; daily living and sources of support; daily living and independent living skills (ILS); accessing information; access to and participation in medical services; social and emotional needs; care homes; views of participants' families; and professionals' views of services. Copies of the two reports that inform this publication are available to download (from: http://www.education.bham.ac.uk/research/victar/re... The reports are: 'Secondary analysis with a focus upon the needs of older people with acquired hearing and sight loss: an analysis of the "Network 1000" and "Cambridge" datasets'; and 'The needs of older people with acquired hearing and sight loss: findings from 20 case studies'. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090903004 B |
| Classmark | BS: BV: BYD: IK: 3A:6KC |
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