{"id":5972,"date":"2020-04-30T17:41:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T16:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hi-vis.org\/?p=5972"},"modified":"2020-06-16T15:07:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T14:07:50","slug":"dsi-life-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hi-vis.org\/?p=5972","title":{"rendered":"Life Stories #1 &#8211; George&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-31779286dc2676a8567fef3678c764df main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-5972'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_half-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c av_one_half  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2de302bf1aa3cf4c9157dbe6f50ac7eb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In this blog series we would like share some real life stories which explore what it is like to live with Dual Sensory Impairment and the impacts this has on an individuals life, independence, confidence etc<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-616cd310f4c6bf63bbd1f033802c1165\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-616cd310f4c6bf63bbd1f033802c1165{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-616cd310f4c6bf63bbd1f033802c1165 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_half-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2de302bf1aa3cf4c9157dbe6f50ac7eb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Dual Sensory Impairment can creep up on you over time or in our story below it can happen very quickly and unexpectedly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-616cd310f4c6bf63bbd1f033802c1165\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-616cd310f4c6bf63bbd1f033802c1165{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-616cd310f4c6bf63bbd1f033802c1165 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap 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itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>George was living independently when, in hospital for a scan, something went seriously wrong during the procedure. \u00a0This led to him losing his vision, he only sees through a pinhole in each eye.<\/p>\n<p>Within a year he lost his hearing as well. \u00a0He was 60 years old<\/p>\n<p>George became a virtual recluse, his family 200 miles away. \u00a0Depresses and isolated he didn&#8217;t know where to turn.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I can&#8217;t cope in social settings they are too noisy for my hearing aids. \u00a0I worry about answering the front door so much I only answer if I have a planned visitor<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Consequences of the incident in hospital were many in addition to the totally unexpected loss of both his sight and his hearing. \u00a0He was completely unprepared for life without hearing or sight. \u00a0The impact on his daily life was dramatic, things he took for granted and had confidence to do evaporated:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The idea of using a cash machine in the street horrifies me &#8211; I won&#8217;t know who is watching.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>George was extremely low and emotionally vulnerable. \u00a0He felt his life and been turned upside down.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It feels that it has been so sudden<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Feelings of being alone and cute-off are common amongst people who lose their sight and hearing as adults<\/p>\n<p data-wahfont=\"16\">He did get valuable assistance from the hospital discharge team and emergency services for his medical and health issues caused by the incident. \u00a0But they, like most professionals, did not have sensory loss expertise and awareness and so the impacts of losing his sight and hearing were not properly assessed. \u00a0Losing both sight and hearing causes major problems for mobility, accessing information and communication.<\/p>\n<p data-wahfont=\"16\">Perhaps most importantly, the impact on social contact, self confidence and feeling useful is often missed or underestimated because of lack of awareness.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-wahfont=\"16\">I would love to be able to go out again an to have someone to have grown up conversations with; and to be useful to someone else.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-wahfont=\"16\">With support from sensory loss trained people, older people like George can regain their confidence and with some new skills training and equipment can find that living independently is again possible<\/p>\n<p data-wahfont=\"16\">A friend of George put him in touch with Hi-Vis UK. \u00a0We connected him to a local sight loss group to help him get out and about. \u00a0We helped him get a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2014\/23\/contents\/enacted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Care Act<\/a> assessment and made sure he had the equipment he needed and how to use it &#8211; a doorbell that flashed and vibrated, and alarm clock that gently shakes him awake, raised buttons to stick on his microwave and cooker controls &#8211; he now loves to cook. \u00a0We also helped him make new friends.<\/p>\n<p data-wahfont=\"16\">Most of all, he says, it was finding someone like Hi-Vis Uk to<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-wahfont=\"16\">have a grown-up conversation with, who knew how I was feeling that got me through a very dark year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-616cd310f4c6bf63bbd1f033802c1165\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-616cd310f4c6bf63bbd1f033802c1165{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-616cd310f4c6bf63bbd1f033802c1165 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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