Exploring the use of public libraries as Meeting Centres for people living with sensory loss and dementia I (Andrena McMenemy) first became aware of the Meeting Centre model when I was involved in research for deafscotland on the prevalence of hearing loss and dementia. The Meeting Centre model has its Read more…
Cross-party Working Group on Deafness Datafakts’ Andrena McMenemy presented our latest report on dual sensory loss and dementia at the Cross Party Working Group on Deafness. This Cross-party group as a channel of communication between the Scottish Parliament, individuals with deafness or/and hearing loss and organisations working or supporting individuals Read more…
Dual Sensory Loss and Dementia – data, definition, and service provision. Dr Nils Koesters FRSA has written an opinion piece for the Alliance website.
Dual Sensory Loss and Dementia in Scotland – a joint Report Follow @datafakts Tweet to @datafakts We are pleased to present the findings of our latest research into the prevalence of dual sensory loss (deafblindness) and dementia in Scotland. With input from Queen Margaret University’s Audiology Department, Datafakts were asked Read more…
Dual Sensory Loss and Dementia in Scotland Follow @datafakts Tweet to @datafakts In DATAFAKTS Ltd recent joint report for Deafblind Scotland, Sense Scotland, Sight Scotland, RNID and the Health and Social Care Alliance generated some data. This data was used to create an interactive dashboard in R to explore. Interested Read more…
Datafakts’ paper modelling the prevalence of dementia and hearing loss in Scotland can now be found on the Social Science Research Network in the Dementia Section of the Neurology eJournal.
Follow @datafakts Tweet to @datafakts Andrena McMenemy of DataFakts Ltd is developing together with deafscotland virtual assistant technology for those with hearing loss and dementia. The project is funded by Foundation Scotland.
Follow @datafakts Tweet to @datafakts Professor Anne Hendry comments on our recent report on Deafness and Dementia in Scotland. Communication matters. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, communication has been of critical importance at all levels, from policy to public health messaging and in practice. Now more than ever we must provide Read more…
Follow @datafakts Tweet to @datafakts On the 7th of August Andrena McMenemy from DataFakts talked about Deafness and Dementia at the Alliance Live Event about the Research we carried out in collaboration with Queen Margaret University and deafscotland and funded by the Life Changes Trust. FILM CLIP ONE SLIDE 1 Read more…
