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Seeing it from their side: adapting older people's services to support sight loss
- Authors:
- ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND, AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sight loss becomes increasingly likely with age, currently affecting 1 in 5 people over 75 and 1 in 2 people over 90. Services for older people should routinely be well equipped to meet the needs of older people with sight loss. This guide is aimed at services working with older people. It aims to help providers understand the needs of people with sight loss and to make changes that can make a difference for their service users who suffer from sight problems. The guide provides information about: the main causes of sight loss; how to identify sight loss in service users; sight loss and other health issues (dementia, falls, and hearing loss); how to meet the specific needs of service users with sight loss; and changes to the services environment that make a difference. Tips are also provided for lunch clubs, on how to keep people active, and on helping people move around the service. Case studies are also provided which offer ideas and practical examples on how to help make services accessible to blind and partially sighted people.