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Purpose: This study examines the performance of individuals with both hearing and vision loss when using assistive listening devices. Methods: Older adults (age 60–100) with low vision only (n = 23...

Barry Snell talks to Dr Peter Simcock, from Birmingham City University (BCU), about an exciting new education and research centre, which hopes to address the issue of dual sensory loss.

Birmingham City University (BCU) has welcomed a delegation of health and education professionals from Ukraine as part of an internationally significant project focused on improving treatment options f...

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These resources are for day centres and organisations who may work with them. They aim to support day centre sustainability by improving knowledge about them, supporting their operation and encouragin...

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The first steps to creating a National Care Service are announced - but critics say the pace of the plan

Cochlear implantation is controversial in ways that parallel medical situations – such as artificial limbs and cornea transplants – are not. Why does this issue provoke such fierce debate? * This essay first appeared under the title The Cochlear…

Just a handful of MPs attended a debate to mark the international day of disabled people, four days after the House of Commons voted in favour of a bill that would legalise assisted suicide. More t…

Existing guidance on evaluating the quality of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) research has provided criteria to assess work as good, acceptable or unacceptable. Given that IPA has b...

Exclusive: The letter says that a private members bill to legalise assisted dying is ‘inadequate’ adding that it ‘lacks prudence...at a time of crisis for the NHS’

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic caused a drastic shift in the practice of research and clinical services. It has been noted that cognition measured via in-person versus remote methods differ substan...

Thrilled to see online publication of our paper, with Jeri Damman, Gillian Ruch and susannah bowyer on ▶️Reconceptualising ‘safeguarding’ for young people…

Disabled campaigners have described the decision of a publicly-owned rail company to carry out partial closures of ticket offices by “stealth” as “unforgivable” and “horrendous”. Their comments cam…

Local government ombudsman report into SEND in England offers damning assessment

There is a dearth of qualitative research into deafblind people’s experiences, impoverishing our understanding of the phenomenon and contributing to deafblind p...

There is a growing body of evidence on practical applications of three-dimensional (3D) printing to support the rehabilitation of individuals with sensory impairments. However, applications in the ...

Lord Darzi of Denham, who published an independent review into the state of the health service, told MPs that the lack of care beds was putting pressure on waiting lists

The Journal of Long-Term Care is an international, multi- and inter-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, online journal established as a focus for advancing the research evidence base for all aspects of long-...

Technology innovations have changed how social work educators teach and students learn. This book is designed to assist social work academics and educators in enhancing their students' critical thinki...