We’re a professional care company with a management team that possesses decades of industry experience. This puts us in an excellent position to handle all kinds of diverse needs. Many people out there need an extra set of hands to help them or a family member. We can provide this with a friendly, reliable personal assistant.

Hearing and vision impairments become much more common as we age. They can impact how we interact with other people and our environment. The challenges of living with sensory impairments can influence quality of life. This often leads to feelings of loneliness, dependency, and frustration. What we are going to do is discuss sensory impairment in more detail. We will also talk about how you can adapt the home to handle these issues.

Changes in vision and hearing ability

Vision loss can vary in seriousness. There is blurriness, struggling to see finer details, and blindness. Vision deterioration can happen due to age and age-related problems like cataracts and glaucoma. Losing your vision can impact activities like recognising people and navigating the home. It brings huge changes to day to day life.

Hearing impairments can range from finding it difficult to hear high-pitch sounds to deafness. Hearing loss can make it difficult to follow conversations and enjoy things like TV or music. There can also be even bigger problems too, like not hearing alarms. Again, it can mean huge changes to daily life.

Home adaptations

With adaptations to the home, there are a few you can make to deal with visual issues. A personal assistant can help with some of them.

Firstly, keeping the property tidy can help stop the accumulation of clutter. This lowers the risk of tripping and falling, both of which can lead to injuries.

Using braille labels can aid elderly people in identifying separate items. You may need to add them to things people use daily. Be especially considerate of anything that could be dangerous.

Finally, there are many technology aids that can are useful. For instance, voice-activated devices can help older people with doing daily tasks.

As for hearing impairments, there are several adaptations you can make. One would be using visual alerts to signal things like ringing phones, doorbells, and alarms. They are useful because they alert people who might not hear them.

Encouraging the use of devices like hearing aids can help people pick up more voices and sounds around them. These devices can work effectively, but you must keep them maintained for optimal results.

Lastly, you can limit background noise to help the ears focus on what they need to. It can be surprisingly helpful if you can get rid of all those annoying sounds we generally just accept such as noises from appliances.

Choose the right personal assistant

At Diamond Care and Support, we believe everyone has the right to be treated with respect and dignity. Our team goes out of its way to ensure clients get the very best level of care and support. This will be the case regardless of the situation, whether it is to assist at home, going out to appointments, and much more.

Having the right personal assistant goes a long way to achieving a better standard of life. So, if you’d like to work with us, please let us know.