At Hi-VisUK we have created a new webpage in response to COVID-19. This Hi-Vis UK information and guidance web page with its unique series of free guides and tools are designed to help those supporting or caring for an older person with DSI during this COVID-19 emergency and the guidance on social distancing and socially […]
Our free to use, flexible course is packed with practical information including video simulations to help you understand the impact of major eye conditions, audio simulations to help you understand the impact of major hearing conditions, short quizzes to help you check your progress, tips on communication, and the Hi-VisUK identification toolkit. Our online learning […]
Working with our strategic partners Bradford, Cornwall and Hartlepool Councils, over three years we are and will be developing strategies, joint plans, bringing key stakeholders together to help reshape the local care and health marketplace, to understand and support all local people and their families with DSI.
We are working strategically with local authority partners and a bespoke network of local providers in Bradford, Cornwall and Hartlepool to change the experience of dual sensory impairment (DSI) and transform the face of DSI care.
AMD is the single biggest form of sight loss in older people affecting over 600,000 people in the UK. The promise stem cell treatment offers is beyond calculation in terms of benefits to older people.
Since January this year Hi-VisUk has been in Cornwall working with the local authority on the specialist adult deafblindness aspects of the Care Act. This includes our unique training and qualifications for staff to increase an authority’s capacity to meet their duties regarding deafblind adults. Part of a three-year contract secured by Hi-VisUK, this will […]
For several years we have enjoyed an excellent working relationship with the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council through its Sensory Needs Service. Our collaboration continues to go from strength to strength.
Hi-VisUK is based in Hartlepool Borough Council’s new state of the art £4million Centre for Independent Living. This is an exciting time for Hi-VisUK.
Great to see ongoing positive feedback from our training participants. We learn a lot from our courses through our interactions with participants who come from a wide cross-section of the health care and social care fields.
Our aim is to build capacity of others to support older people with acquired dual sensory loss. A key element of this is the provision of our unique accredited training.
