Services for People with a Sight or Hearing Loss
Last updated: 07/12/2009
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You can read the 'services for people with a sight or hearing
loss' leaflet on this page or download it
in PDF format.
Who can receive help from Cornwall Adult Care and Support?
- People who have serious difficulties with their hearing or
sight.
- People who look after others with hearing and/or sight
problems
What help is available?
We offer services that will help people to be safer, more
independent and part of the wider community. We can help
people to manage their difficulties and take control of their
lives.
People with sight
problems might be helped with...
- Managing sight loss
- Mobility training - to get out and about safely
- Managing about the house and preparing food
- Reading and writing, talking books and newspapers
- Special equipment, such as talking clocks or lighting
People with hearing
problems might be helped with...
- Managing deafness
- Lip reading or sign language
- Communication support - interpreters or voice-to-text
- Special equipment, such as visual doorbells and alarms
- Telephone equipment, such as text phones or amplified
handsets
We can also provide advice and link you up to other services
that will help with employment and leisure activities.
How do I go about getting services from Cornwall Adult Care and
Support?
- By asking your GP or local Health clinic to make a
referral
- By contacting Adult Care and Support on 0300
1234 131
- By text phone: 01872 240 892
- By e-mail :
sensoryteam@cornwall.gov.uk
Your details will be taken and passed to a care manager, who
will then arrange for a member of the team to contact you for a
meeting.
This meeting is called an assessment and is the first step to
other services. At this assessment you will work out,
together with us, what you need in the way of help. During
this assessment you can always have a friend or relative to support
you.
Further information about assessments is available in the Adult
Care and Support on-line leaflet 'Assessing your
needs'.
Your carer is also entitled to an assessment of
his/her needs, regardless of whether you yourself go on to receive
services or not.
Further information about services for carers is given in
the Services for Carers leaflet.
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Other Organisations
Information about other organisations who may be able to help
can be found on the following pages:
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