3: Dementia and Sight Loss

John Welsman, Strategy and Research Policy Team, Guide Dogs, speaks to Paul Ursell, Consultant Ophthalmologist/Chair VISION 2020 UK Dementia and Sight Loss Committee and Matt Broom, Operations Manager, VISION 2020 UK. Paul and Matt give listeners an understanding of living with Dementia and Sight Loss.

Show notes:

UCL The Many Faces of Dementia: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifelearning/courses/dementia-many-faces

Video presentations from the VISION 2020 UK Dementia and Sight loss Day: http://www.vision2020uk.org.uk/58750-2/

Quality standard for people with sight loss and dementia in an ophthalmology department: https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Quality-standard-for-people-with-sight-loss-and-dementia-in-an-ophthalmology-department.pdf

Doctors champion the ECLO role in the workplace: http://www.rnib.org.uk/nb-online/doctors-champion-eclo-role

Alzheimers Society: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/