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Many seniors suffer from sensory impairments. Their ability to live independently in the community is jeopardized by these losses. Topical texts on vision, small and taste, hearing and touch as it relates to aging.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Most seniors are healthy and independent, but aging usually brings reduced physical and/or intellectual functioning.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
This paper identifies a number of gaps and challenges with respect to unmet health care, social and financial problems that impact on the capacity of seniors with a developmental disability to age well and provides recommendations for action in each of these areas.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
The Canadian Hearing Society provides services that enhance the independence of deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people, and that encourage prevention of hearing loss
Source: The Canadian Hearing Society
Facts About Hearing Loss and tips for communicating with someone with a hearing loss.
Source: Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre
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