Dementia study launched within the Deaf community (University of Manchester, University College London, City University London, Royal Association for Deaf People – March 2010)

Press release and Notes for Editors – English and BSL

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5516

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

Abuse and deaf children: Some factors to consider, by Sharon M. Ridgeway, Research Psychologist, National Centre for Mental Health and Deafness (Child Abuse Review, Volume 2 Issue 3, Pages 166 – 173,Published Online: 13 Feb 2006)

Abstract. Full article by subscription.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112413281/abstract

Self-directed support – giving you control (Scottish Council on Deafness on behalf of the Scottish Government, 2009)

BSL video and text

http://www.scod.org.uk/sds/sds.html

Scottish Best Practice Standards: Social Work Services for Deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind people (Multi-Agency Taskforce, 2001)

http://www.scod.org.uk/pdf/otherpublications/deafstandards_lr.pdf

The impact of integrated Children’s Services on the scope, delivery and quality of social care services for deaf children and families. Phase 1 report – October 2008 (Alys Young, Ros Hunt, Carole Smith, University of Manchester; for National Deaf Children’s Society)

www.ndcs.org.uk/document.rm?id=3501