Assessing the joint prevalence of dementia and hearing loss in Scotland: A Growth Model for Public Health Planning Introduction and Background Dementia and hearing loss are two significant public health concerns, especially given the aging population. Their interrelation has attracted considerable attention, as hearing loss may be a modifiable risk Read more…
Exploring the use of public libraries as Meeting Centres for people living with sensory loss and dementia Follow @datafakts Tweet to @datafakts In public libraries in Scotland, I (Andrena McMenemy) first became aware of the Meeting Centre model when I was involved in research for deafscotland on the prevalence of Read more…
Cross-party Working Group on Deafness Follow @datafakts Tweet to @datafakts 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 Read more…
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…
Follow @datafakts Tweet to @datafakts Putting ALISS on a Map ALISS (A Local Information System for Scotland) describes itself as a service to help you find help and support close to you when you need it most. While ALISS has limited map support on individual items, one can not see Read more…
Follow @datafakts Tweet to @datafakts DATAFAKTS Ltd programmed a dashboard describing the ISO 7029 in its 2017 version. This dashboard will give you a feeling of what an audiologists will expect you to hear. It is also often used in research that compares audiological conditions to this standard. ISO 7029:2017 Read more…
Follow @datafakts Tweet to @datafakts Deafness: Predicting the future for Scotland – The Census and beyond has been published. Please see: https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/10650 and for the full report https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/20.500.12289/10650/10650.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y .
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