Throughout Dumfries and Galloway we provide free advice and support regarding hearing aid maintenance and managing hearing loss.
Dumfries and Galloway Hard of Hearing Group run free, monthly clinics throughout the region.
Our fully trained volunteers can offer help and support with the following:
We offer care homes a free comprehensive service to enable their staff to give better support to their residents who have a hearing loss.
We currently work with 21 care homes throughout the region, but we aim to increase this number over the next year.
If you would like us to visit the Care Home you run please contact us.
Our staff training support programme includes:
It is estimated that three quarters of the four hundred thousand people in care homes in the UK have hearing loss.
Research found that if care home residents’ hearing loss is managed effectively, there is a real chance of improving quality of life within a care home.
All our work with Care homes is undertaken by trained volunteers and we are reliant on donations to allow us to continue our work. Please help us by donating if you can.
If you or someone you know is housebound and unable to access any of our regular clinics then we can organise for one of our volunteers to make a home visit.
Our trained volunteers can visit you to:
If you feel that you may benefit from a home visit, or would like to refer a friend, relative or service user, please fill in the form and a member of staff will get back to you.
Please help us to keep providing this valuable service by donating.
