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Independent Living SkillsWith the use of independent living skills, we can help you cope safely and confidently around the home. Sometimes, just thinking of a different way to carry out a task may make it manageable but there is also a wide variety of equipment, which may help. There are glasses or a screen, which may enable you to see the television clearer. If you are having difficulty using the phone, you may benefit from BT195 service or a large button phone. Suitable lighting, e.g., fluorescent, task lights, daylight bulbs, placed in the proper place, can also improve conditions around the home. Watches and clocks, either talking or with large clear faces would allow you to know the time. In the kitchen, the rehabilitation officer can help with storage, marking tins or advising to always return or store groceries, cleaning materials, etc., in their own place. A liquid level indicator may help you judge when pouring, and your cooker, microwave oven or washing machine marked with bumpons, which are small coloured dots that enable you to feel and locate the required temperatures or programmes. There are talking scales and microwave ovens plus many more pieces of equipment to help with baking and cooking. Dycem mats keep cups etc., in place and also supply contrast against worktops. Buying different shapes of bottles may help you distinguish toiletries, e.g., shampoo instead of conditioner, or cream, shaving foam or deodorant. A dispenser can be supplied if there are problems encountered with having to put eyedrops in by yourself, or putting toothpaste onto the brush. Perhaps just marking the bath with a contrasting colour may actually allow you to find it! A bumpon on the shower control to let your water be the correct temperature. All that may be required is advice on colour co-ordination or contrast, even doing different chores at different times of the day, but whatever the problem, the Society aims, working with yourselves to solve it. Low Vision Aid AssessmentThis can cover anything from appropriate task lighting. The way someone sits, typoscopes, and last but by no means least, magnifiers. People generally think that all magnifiers are the same – this is certainly very far from being the case. There is a large range available, from very weak hand held magnifiers to very strong fixed-focused magnifiers with lights. People will be individually assessed taking into account their eye condition and what they wish t use the magnifier for. They will also be instructed on how to use the equipment. A follow-up visit either to the MRU or the person’ home will also be arranged. |
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