Voluntary services Environment: GP Heating, lighting, slip or trip hazards in house/garden, Occupational Therapist transfers from bed, chair Handyman services Carers to look at hazards refer to falls information portal Vision / Hearing: Optician Difficulty reading, cannot recognise an object across the Audiologist room, recently started wearing bifocals/varifocals GP Difficulty hearing conversational speech Foot care / foot wear: Registered Podiatrist or Poor fitting foot wear, sore feet chiropodist Voluntary services GP Providing info on where to purchase well fitting supportive footwear
Voluntary services Environment: Heating, lighting, slip or trip hazards in house/garden, transfers from bed, chair GP Occupational Therapist Handyman services Carers to look at hazards refer to falls information portal Vision / Hearing: Difficulty reading, cannot recognise an object across the room, recently started wearing bifocals/varifocals Difficulty hearing conversational speech Optician Audiologist GP Foot care / foot wear: Poor fitting foot wear, sore feet Registered Podiatrist or chiropodist Voluntary services GP Providing info on where to purchase well fitting supportive footwear
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