Sensory Impairment Awareness
Raise awareness of the issue of service users who have sensory impairments within the care environment.
Programme Aims
Raise awareness of the issue of service users who have sensory impairments within the care environment.
Programme Objectives
By the end of the session candidates will be able to:
- Explain what sensory impairment is
- Identify ways it affects the service user
- State ways that you can improve the quality of life of the service user with sensory impairment
- Engage in role play around the issues of hearing loss, visual impairment
- State other sensors that may be affected i.e. taste, smell and how to make food visually attractive for the service users
- Identify hazards to the service user with visual impairments and ways of reducing the impact of these hazards
Who is this programme of study for?
- All carers.
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