Category: Visual Impairment

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Dementia and Sight Loss Training

 

Dementia and Sight loss Training

A one day course designed for social care staff working or supporting people with Dementia.

This includes home carers, Rehabilitation Officers (Visual Impairment), OT’s,  Nurses and other professionals.

The course is 7 hours duration, and covers many types of dementia. Such as Alzheimer’s, Infarct dementia’s and Multi Infarct Dementias, Lewy Body’s, Binswanger’s, Parkinson’s disease related Dementia, Pick’s and CJD.

Course Content

You  will look at the  causes and current treatment & support available.

An Image of old Lady with Dementia in a jigsaw with a piece missing to Indicate Dementia
Dementia Missing Pieces

 

 

Additionally the course will look at  complex issues caused by Dementia and sight loss. How this  may  affect  the design of support, assessment and the ability to  develop and maintain a healthy life.

The impact of sight loss

You will understand how sight loss may contribute to visual hallucinations.

How  conditions such as Cerebral Visual Impairment CVI, greatly affects a persons ability to understand what they are seeing.

Understand how this may heighten the effect and degree of Dementia the person is experiencing.

Another important aspect of this  course is that it  will also look at the sight conditions related to the ageing process.

Essential training as Dementia and sight loss are rarely put together as a condition but is more common than you might realise.

These include  cataracts, macular disease, diabetic related eye conditions, refraction issues and how these impact on everyday tasks.

Essentially this  will greatly improve your  communication support for people living with this condition.

It will  provide you with ideas, for better, safer, and easier to use environmental design for people with dementia and sight loss.

The course explores the additional signs of sensory deterioration to look out for.

These maybe indicating sight loss,  or hearing loss such as Presbyacusis and other common symptoms of a dual diagnosis and how you can get further support.

This in turn will help you to develop and change your practice more effectively.

This course is offered In house for up to twenty people at a venue of your choosing for £800 INC VAT

Or you can access one of our many training days around the UK on our training course pages

 

 

 

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Supporting People who have Dementia and Sight Loss

Course information: Supporting People who have Dementia & Sight Loss

This is a  one-day workshop for Rehabilitation Officers and support staff. Designed to  support people who have Dementia and may be experiencing Sight difficulties.  Significantly this course is designed to give an overview of Dementia and common sight conditions experienced by older people.

Accordingly this training course will then look at behaviours associated with sight loss. Additionally,  where people are non-verbal or have difficulty explaining what is happening to them as their sight deteriorates.

This includes types of Dementia

  • Common Eye conditions of Ageing
  • Common Eye conditions linked to types of Dementia
  • Behaviours indicating sight loss
  • Strategies for support

Also  this course will then look at  potential sight testing methods, and  adaptations to daily practice including improving  the care environment to provide better support.

Conversely, this one-day course is delivered through a series of PowerPoint presentations and some group work. Presently it is available in-house for 20 people or as an external workshop or on Zoom.

On line  or face to face courses are advertised on the News and Events section.

However, it is possible to organise your own in house course for up to twenty people in a venue of your choice.

So this  course is around 7 hours in Duration with breaks for refreshments or video breaks if on line.

Who should attend?

  • Dementia Support workers
  • Home Managers
  • ROVIs
  • Learning Disability Support Workers working with people who have Down’s Syndrome  or older people with learning disabilities
  • Occupational Therapists and other related professionals

Cost:

  • In-house course £600 + VAT
  • Zoom Courses £75 +VAT

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Visual Awareness and Sighted Guide Course

Course information:

The Visual Awareness and Sighted Guide Course is a four hour course that explores the main eye conditions that affect people with Visual Disabilities.

We will alA person with visual Impairment being Guided so provide experience of Guiding Skills to ensure safe practice.

  • For general Walking
  • Going through doors
  • Negotiating narrow spaces
  • Sitting safely
  • Using Steps , Stairs and Kerbs
  • Getting in and out of Vehicles

This half -day course is delivered through a series of presentations and some group work.

The Visual awareness & Sighted Guide Course  will cover Key causes of sight loss

It is available in-house for 10 people and includes handouts and resource information to take home.

Participants will need to be an even number of a maximum of 10 persons for Health and safety purposes

Who should attend?

This course is open to all Health and Social Care professionals, parents and family carers are especially welcome.

 

Costs:

  • In-house course £300 + VAT and expenses

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Supporting Older People with a Visual Impairment

Course information:

A one-day course designed for care staff.  That will assist their knowledge and understanding of Visual impairment or sight loss in Older People.

Additionally, the course looks at common eye problems and  implications for support. It will cover identification, testing, supporting people before and after surgery.

Consider ongoing  eye care for  older people certified as blind or as visually impaired.

The course is a mixture of presentations and practical exercises.

Chiefly it is designed to  prepare  your staff team for the vast majority of common sight loss scenarios. This course also covers the basics of guiding and support Issues.

Indeed the course can be carried out at your place of work. Or, if this isn’t practical, from a location nearby, for a small additional fee.

The programme can be modified to suit your care needs. For example you may prefer more guiding skills, or environmental adjustments especially relating to access and DDA please contact us to assist you with your specific needs.

The course is for Domiciliary care Staff Residential staff Working with Older people who have Visual impairment or sight loss.

Costs:

  • In-house course £600 + VAT
  • Contact us if you need a location nearby.

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Deafblind and Learning Disabilities Course

Deafblind person doing sign language

Course information:

This one-day course on Supporting people who are Deafblind with learning disabilities  identifies the key visual and hearing conditions which combined can lead an individual to be supported as Deafblind.

It covers both congenital and acquired Deafblind issues and will provide an overview of the best communication support methods and resources for further support.

It is available in-house for 20 people and includes handouts and resource information to take home.

Who should attend?

This course is open to all Education ,Health and Social Care professionals, parents and family carers who are supporting people who are Deafblind with learning disabilities, SEN Teachers  and Parents are especially welcome.

Costs:

  • In-house course £400 + VAT
  • On line Course from £50 per person

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Learning Disability and Visual Impairment

Course information:

Our most popular course on Visual Impairment

Studies show approximately one third of the population of people with a learning disability have a visual impairment and could be registered blind or Severely sight impaired (500,000). Accordingly a further third (500,000), require glasses or contact lenses to correct their vision Source RNIB (2005)

A lady with a learning disability wearing glassess

However, many people with a learning disability  do not get access to the right eye health support.  As a result many go blind through treatable eye conditions that are not detected and because of communication difficulties. Emerson & Robertson (2011)

This one-day course you will be attending, outlines the common visual disabilities found in the learning disabled population. It will cover  the behaviours that indicate sight loss. Identify treatments and the development of person centred care pathways, and the additional support available.

Subsequently, it will help you to rethink your practice and consider how to  more accessible to people requiring the services you are providing.

Furthermore  the course covers Cortical Visual Impairment and the symptoms related to it and the many ways it affects learning and development and support design.

The day will also look at sight testing from both the  functional  and acuity testing perspectives. you will then learn how to support the individual and their carers through eye surgery, and wearing glasses for the first time.

It is available in-house for 20 people or as an external workshop.

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