Vision Rehabilitation Specialist
Definition: Vision Rehabilitation Specialists are professionals who are qualified to support visually impaired adults to enable and empower them to lead independent and fulfilling lives.
Category: adult social care
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Last Updated: 26th of October 2023
Services mentioning Vision Rehabilitation Specialist
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VRS assists someone regain
daily living skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
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Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems. It helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems. It helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
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Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) are trained to support individuals with sight problems to rebuild skills and confidence as their sight changes. Support aims to encourage independence around mobility, communications, household skills, lighting, using magnifiers and specialist equipment. The local authority also maintains the
Sight Impairment Register, and signposts to many other agencies.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves. Note: RCT's VRS only works with
vision impaired adults.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
Focal Point UK is a leading private sector provider of vision
rehabilitation (rehab) services to all sector organisations - statutory
service providers such as social services departments, education departments and Employment Services, or their agents acting on their behalf. We also work with
voluntary sector organisations who provide or require vision rehab services and support.
Ceredigion Association provide some
grants to
visually impaired people. To be eligible you must have serious and uncorrectable visual impairments, and have been referred to the Association by the
Rehabilitation Officer in Ceredigion Social Services.
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Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
Vision Support's qualified
rehabilitation officers focus on maintaining independence and promoting equality for anyone living with sight loss. They also have a team of Rehabilitation Assistants who demonstrate specialist equipment and support
service users in their own homes.
VI/
Deaf-blind men of all ages meet every 6 weeks in Wetherspoons Maesteg 2-4pm. Contact Sandy Davies,
Rehabilitation Officer, for forthcoming dates.
A
VRS assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves. Note: Monmouthshire's VRS only works with
vision impaired adults.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves. Note: Newport's VRS only works with
vision impaired adults.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves. Note: Pembrokeshire's VRS only works with
vision impaired adults.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves. Note: Powys' VRS only works with
vision impaired adults.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves. Note: RCT's VRS only works with
vision impaired adults.
Our
rehabilitation officers are specially trained to help veterans like you adjust to living with sight loss. Our care is tailored to your individual needs, so your rehabilitation programme is just that – yours. Our team assess how you cope with carrying out day-to-day tasks. They will work with you to identify what you need help with and what your goals are. Your rehab programme will be based around what you need, and continually assessed during your time with us.
Rehabilitation officers can give people with sight problems the skills and confidence that they need to stay independent, including help getting about, communication, lighting, using magnifiers and special equipment in the home.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
Library records mentioning Vision Rehabilitation Specialist
The leaflet defines 10 principles which will show
vi people what they are entitled to from their local vision
rehabilitation service and should give them the confidence to ask for vision rehabilitation when it is needed.
This report stresses the fact that the ROVI is the only qualified worker to make an
assessment of need in the case of people with sight loss and to deliver specific interventions. The cost benefits are known from research:
rehabilitation interventions have been shown to remove the need for continual and costly support from other
social care services and health.
Wales Council of the Blind and members of the Welsh
Rehabilitation Officers Forum received concerns from people with sight loss about applying / renewing their
disabled person’s
bus pass and/or companion pass.
RNIB commissioned the research in 2016-17 to begin to address a significant gap in evidence around the effectiveness and financial costs and benefits of vision
rehabilitation services which fall under the statutory responsibility of local authorities.
To examine the effect of a home visit–based visual
rehabilitation intervention on: (1) self-reported visual function and (2)
depression, wellbeing, loneliness, adjustment to visual loss, and generic health-related quality of life.
This publication explains how to improve lighting to meet the needs of people with sight loss. A reduction in the provision of professional
advice and support services in recent years has led to an increased need for self-help, to ensure that people can live independently and safely in their own homes. While earlier editions of the Guide were aimed largely at frontline professionals, such as housing and support staff, home improvement agency staff, vision
rehabilitation officers (ROVIs),
eye clinic liaison officers (ECLOs) and
occupational therapists (OTs), this edition is also written for people with sight loss and their family members and friends.
A guide for Vision
Rehabilitation Workers supporting blind and partially sighted adults through physical activity.
The number of people with sight loss in Wales is expected to rise by 30 per cent by 2030 and double by 2050. Yet in recent years, we have seen a decline in the Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist workforce needed to provide the right level of support to this growing cohort. Due to the system being under-resourced, too many blind and partially sighted people are not receiving vision rehabilitation support in a timely manner. This shortfall in support increases the pressure on other services in health and
social care, and many local authorities have no clear
plans for workforce renewal.
In recent years, we have seen a decline in the number of vision
rehabilitation officers in Wales. As a result, many blind and partially sighted people are failing to receive the vision rehabilitation support that they need in a timely manner. This crucial support reduces the pressure on other services such as health and wider
social care services. We are already under-resourced in this field and there are no clear
plans for workforce renewal. With the number of blind and partially sighted people expecting to increase by 32% by 2030 and double by 2050 this situation will worsen dramatically if no action is taken. It is essential that local authorities invest in this workforce now. This paper outlines the problem in more detail and asks that Local Authority Social Care departments address the situation as a matter of urgency.
Many blind and partially sighted people in Wales are failing to receive the vision
rehabilitation support they need to develop and maintain independence and live safely. This report defines three important and key factors: 1. A model of Rehabilitation which should be uniformly available across Wales; 2. An overview of current provision; and 3. Recommendations to implement.
The creation of a satellite
Rehabilitation course can help to address the shortage of trained Vision Rehabilitation Specialists in Wales. The apprenticeship model, as used in England, would offer a cost-effective way of getting people trained up when demand for new officers is anticipated. This paper was submitted as a case for inclusion of the role of the VRS within the apprenticeship scheme in Wales.
The introduction of the National Occupational Standards for Sensory Impairment Workers and the resulting Qualification Credit Framework will make it possible to measure the services provided by ROVIs and so establish a continuous professional development programme aimed at raising the standard of
rehabilitation services available to
visually impaired people in Wales.
