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Daily Living Skills are needed to perform
activities of daily living. Activities of Daily Living is a term used in healthcare to refer to people's daily self-care activities. Health professionals often use a person's ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measurement of their functional status.
Rehabilitation Officers restore a blind or partially sighted person's Daily Living Skills.
DAISY
technology
DAISY stands for Digital Accessible Information System is a standard for digital talking books.
DAISY books are typically used by people have 'print
disabilities', including blindness, impaired vision and dyslexia. The DAISY format allows users to hear and navigate written material presented in an audible format. A 'DAISY player' is a device that will
play a DAISY book.
A format of digital talking books, with
technology allowing the listener to access the book in a very flexible way.
DAISY stands for Digital Accessible Information SYstem.
Day Care
adult social care
Provided within centres to which
service users
travel or are transported.
Service providers vary from
statutory agencies such as health or social services to the independent and
voluntary sector.
Day care may cater for users with high dependency needs in conjunction with home care and residential provision, and be integral to an intermediate care programme. Alternatively, day care, particularly within the voluntary sector, may offer social stimulation and be part of a
preventative programme aimed at combating a move towards functional dependence and offering
carer relief on a structured basis.
Deaf
other condition
Used to describe people with hearing loss, especially when it is severe or profound (unable to hear anything below 70Db).
A person is
deafblind if they have a combined sight and hearing impairment that causes difficulties with communication, access to information and mobility.
Depression is a low mood that lasts for
a long time, and affects your everyday life.
In its mildest form, depression can mean just being in low spirits. It doesn't stop you leading your normal life but makes everything harder to do and seem less worthwhile. At its most severe, depression can be life-threatening because it can make you feel suicidal.
Diabetes can affect the eye in several ways, the most common being problems with blood vessels in the eye.
The
Diabetic Eye Screening Wales service checks for eye problems caused by having
diabetes. Eye screening looks for damage to the back of the eye (diabetic retinopathy) which can
lead to permanent sight loss. Making changes to your diabetes management, or having specialist treatment can slow or reverse changes caused by diabetic retinopathy. If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, and are aged 12 or over, you will be invited to attend a screening appointment.
Vision loss
occurs when the fluid reaches the macula (the centre of the retina that provides sharp vision) and builds up, causing swelling. At first, you may not notice changes to your vision. Over time,
macular-oedema">diabetic macular oedema can cause your central vision to become blurred. A healthy macula is essential for good vision.
Direct Payments are means-tested payments made to
service users in lieu of
community care services they have been assessed as needing, and are intended to give users greater choice in their care. The money received should be enough to meet a person's assessed care needs. Direct Payments have been available since 1997 and are made to a wide variety of people, including
carers, adult service users and people with short-term needs. Direct Payments are not the only way a person can
have control over their care service funding.
Someone else can hold the money for them
- a family member or other representative, a
trust, an organisation, or a Care Manager. See also
Budgets - Personal,
Budget - Managed,
Budget - Individual and
Indirect Payments.
The
Disability Discrimination Acts (1995 and
2005) define a disabled person as 'someone who has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities'. Groups of people with disabilities include people with
mental health issues, physical limitations and those with learning disabilities. The
social model of disability starts from a different perspective. It is not concerned with how 'bad' a person's impairment is. Instead
it establishes that everyone is equal and
demonstrates that it is society which restricts
their opportunities and erects barriers that
prevent disabled people from participating
fully.
The
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c 50) (informally, and hereafter, the
DDA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which has now been repealed and replaced by the
Equality Act 2010, except in Northern Ireland where the Act still applies. Formerly, it made it unlawful to discriminate against people in respect of their disabilities in relation to employment, the provision of
goods and services, education and
transport.
DLA is a weekly payment to help with the extra costs caused by a
disability. It is paid at different rates depending on how much help you need because of your disability or terminal illness. You may need a
medical assessment to work out what you need. You can apply for DLA whether or not you work and it's for
children or adults.
f you have a
disability that makes travelling by train difficult you might qualify for the
Disabled Persons Railcard. It allows you to get 1/3 off most rail fares throughout Great Britain, and if you're travelling with an adult companion they also can get 1/3 off their rail fare.
If you have a
disability you might need additional equipment or support to help you access your course. The
Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) will help you to cover these additional costs.
Depending on your needs, extra support could include specialist equipment, a non-
medical helper's allowance or help towards your additional
travel costs. These allowances are available if you're studying full-time or part-time in higher education. If you're studying part-time, you must be doing at least the equivalent of half a full-time course. This allowance doesn't depend on your income and you don't have to
pay it back.
"The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex." This includes on the grounds of
disability (see
discrimination-act-dda">Disability Discrimination Act - DDA).
District Nurses are senior nurses who manage
care within the community, leading teams
of
community nurses and support workers.
Typically much of their work involves visiting 'house-bound' patients to provide
advice and care, for example, palliative care, wound management, catheter and continence care, medication support. They may be trained to assess patient's needs for
equipment provision such as mobility and independent living aids,
medical equipment
such as specialist beds and mattresses, as well as guidance in applying for
grants and welfare benefits. Their work involves both follow-up care for recently discharged hospital inpatients and longer term care for
chronically ill patients who may be referred
by many other services, as well as working
collaboratively with general practitioners in
preventing unnecessary or avoidable hospital
admissions.
Service/Services provided for people in their own homes. They include home care and the services of health workers (e.g. physiotherapists who treat people in their own home).
Caused by a problem with the tears which leaves eyes feeling dry, scratchy and uncomfortable.
A range of movement disorders that can affect the eye.
