Lancashire Deafblind Awareness Week
This week, service for the deaf and blind in Bury, Lancashire, are to come under the microscope as part of Deafblind Awareness Week (June 26 - July 2).
Bury Council's sensory impairment team will be visiting Elmhurst and Killilea homes for the elderly and the Grundy Day Centre to ensure that the senior citizens have access to all the information they need to deal with the disability.
They want to encourage anyone affected by dual sensory impairment to get in touch. This includes those living with the condition or caring for a relative or close friend with impairment.
The team hope to help more than 100 people in three days, checking hearing aids and looking for signs and symptoms of undiagnosed impairment.
Since the appointment 18 months ago of Debbie Neild, a specialist deafblind development worker, the team has become much more involved in identifying people with a dual sensory loss and are looking to improve services to this group of people.
The team has two resource rooms at the Seedfield centre which people can visit to gather more information.
There is a rehabilitation kitchen for people with visual impairment which contains specialist equipment.
Jacqui Armstrong, team manager from the Sensory Impairment Team said: "There are a range of things that our team can advise users about which will help them to improve the quality of their lives".
To find out more contact Debbie Neild or Jacqui Armstrong on (0161) 253 6858.
