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This guide explains the help you can get from social services to continue leading an independent life if you’re affected by sight loss. This help and support – often called ‘
community care’ or ‘
social care’ – can include specialist help for blind and partially sighted people, as well as help for anyone who looks after you. (England-focused).
Presentation given to Wales Eyecare Conference 2023
The report makes a number of recommendations which the Department for Work and Pensions needs to address and report on to ensure that
Access to Work is accessible for those who need it.
This report outlines the problems being experienced by
Access to Work applicants and recipients at the different stages of the process. The report also references the previous report, highlighting where changes have been made and where concerns remain 3 years on. This report highlights the previous 5 themes that emerged from focus group discussion and case studies: contact with clients; provision of information;
advisor skills and knowledge; assessments; and payments,
reviews and
personalised budgets.
This article provides a narrative
review of existing evidence of how the UK public treats (behaviours), thinks (perceptions) and feels (attitudes) about people with
V.I. Despite limitations, the findings suggest that there is a gap between the behaviours reported by people with V.I. and the attitudes expressed by members of the UK public.
Easy-read factsheet on how to apply eye drops.
