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Welcome to CNIB’s InFocus Webinar Series Webinar 4: Adjusting to Vision Loss

Welcome to CNIB’s InFocus Webinar Series Webinar 4: Adjusting to Vision Loss. John Pimental , RN, DE, & Vision Rehabilitation Therapist Sharon Kanhai 21 st November 2012. Agenda. Emotional impact of vision loss for clients and families. Barriers to care.

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Welcome to CNIB’s InFocus Webinar Series Webinar 4: Adjusting to Vision Loss

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  1. Welcome to CNIB’s InFocus Webinar Series Webinar 4: Adjusting to Vision Loss John Pimental, RN, DE, & Vision Rehabilitation Therapist Sharon Kanhai21stNovember 2012
  2. Agenda Emotional impact of vision loss for clients and families Barriers to care Tips for health care professionals – helping clients through the transition Sharon Kanhai’s personal story Q & A session
  3. John Pimental John PimentalRN, DE & Vision Rehabilitation Therapist, Insight Vision RehabilitationCentre
  4. Emotional Impact GRIEF DENIAL ANGER DEPRESSION ACCEPTANCE
  5. Emotional Impact Job/Career Responsibilities Pastimes Choices: Hold it out Learn how to refill it React to empty basket
  6. Emotional Impact Choices encountered: 1. End it all 2. Isolation Default 3. Take back your life
  7. Barriers to Care Learn to face fear via: 1. Orientation and mobility training 2. Put fear in perspective ie. enlightened fear Fear– an integral part of blindness The word or concept “blind”
  8. Tips for HCP’s in Helping Clients 1. Simple tools eg. white cane, safety pins Teach adaptive techniques: 2. Technology eg. talking watches, blood glucose meters, scales, etc. 3. Adaptive techniques 4. Sensory development Organization and labeling
  9. Barriers to Care 2. Must be willing to work at becoming proficient Requirements for the learner: 1. Must be willing to learn a different way 3. Be patient – will often take longer to learn Any task can be adapted
  10. Tips for HCP’s in Helping Clients 1. Don’t pity or patronize the client. Example of best approach: “This is a sad thing but there is help available. You can’t have your sight back but you can have your life back” 2. Assess the need for professional counseling 3. Refer the client to CNIB 4. Beware of myths
  11. Tips for HCP’s in Helping Clients 5. Independence is not about never needinghelp for anything at all Only ask for help when you really need it 6. Put the client in touch with other successful blind people It is not possible to overstate the importance of successful role models
  12. Words of Wisdom “It is not miserable being blind; it is only miserable to be incapable of enduring blindness” – John Milton “It is not what happens to you but how you deal with what happens to you” – John Pimental
  13. Sharon Kanhai
  14. Eye Connect: Diabetic Retinopathy www.cnib.ca/dr - Diabetic retinopathy basics - Prevention - Diagnosis and treatment - Living with diabetic retinopathy - For Health Care Professionals - “Your Guide to Diabetic Retinopathy” Patient Guide
  15. CNIB Contacts & Resources CNIB Website: www.cnib.ca Toll-free CNIB Helpline: 1-800-563-2642 Email: info@cnib.ca Production of materials has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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