Dementia and deafness: what you need to know: Kate Allan, Frankie McLean and Liz Scott Gibson (Deaf Action in partnership with the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) at the University of Stirling)

Information on issues faced by people who are both deaf/hard of hearing and have dementia (a group of conditions that includes Alzheimer’s Disease), to help find ways to support them and their families, and enable them to continue to live as full a life as possible.

Web page and PDF:

http://www.alzscot.org/pages/info/deafness.htm#Working

PDF:

http://www.deafaction.org/pdf/Dementia%20&%20Deafness.pdf

Breathing Space Scotland BSL Service (BSL helpline on webcam)

BSL & text – information about BSL counselling and advice helpline for Deaf BSL users.

www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk/bspace/679.html

Counselling (Scottish Council on Deafness)

Information in BSL and text

http://www.scod.org.uk/from-cd/webversion/web.html

Genetics and genetic counselling in British Sign Language (Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester)

BSL video and text

http://sites.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/what-is-genetic-counselling/