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RNIB Understanding Sight Loss in People with Dementia
Dementia and Sight Loss is an eLearning module created to help social service, support workers and carers understand sight problems experienced by people with dementia.
The eLearning takes around 40 minutes to complete and uses film clips to demonstrate the leading causes of sight loss. There is also a personal account from Stewart who is living with sight loss and dementia. The module points to resources to support better access to eye health care. It also has an optional ‘action into practice’ section which encourages you to produce a piece of writing.
Completing the course will help you understand that:
- sight loss is a significant issue for older people
- sight loss is a significant issue for people with dementia
- sight loss and dementia both occur more often with age
- accessing eye health care is important.
To earn this Open Badge you must Complete the Dementia and Sight Loss eLearning to the satisfaction of your manager and then provide answers to the questions below as evidence for this badge.
- How and why did you come to access this learning resource?
- How will this have a positive influence on your future work practice?
- Where and how did you record your learning from these activities? Why did you record it in this way?
- Describe other learning and development opportunities that you are aware of and how you can access these to enable you to enhance your work practice.
- Provide an anonymous example of a piece of learning you have undertaken and explain how you put this learning into practice at work. What benefits did you see from applying this learning to your work practice?
- Provide an anonymous example of how you have learnt from something that happened at work. What happened, what did you learn and how has this influenced your future work practice?
Submit your application
The SSSC Open Badge system relies on trust. We trust that the evidence you provide will be of your own work and based on your own skills and knowledge. By submitting an application you agree to the following statement: “In studying and completing the activities for this badge, I confirm that all the work provided as evidence will be my own.” The SSSC will revoke a badge if the evidence provided is discovered to have been the work of someone else.
Your evidence, name, and email address will be sent to the organisation who issue this badge