Vision Rehabilitation Specialist Service

This free service supports independence at home for people living with visual impairments. A Vision Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) will carry out a full assessment to understand your individual needs and provide tailored recommendations to help improve your day-to-day living.

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Criteria

To be considered for this service, you must:

• Live with a visual impairment
• Be 18 or over and identify as Jewish
• Live within the M25

This service, delivered by Guide Dogs in partnership with JBD, focuses on helping you remain safe, confident and as independent as possible in your home.

The VRS will observe how you manage around your home and advise on aids and techniques to support everyday tasks. This may include kitchen safety skills training, with recommendations ranging from simple items such as long-sleeved oven gloves or adapted chopping boards, to larger or specialist equipment such as talking ovens or microwaves where appropriate.

Other recommendations or services may include:

• Apps which will help you use your phone, access entertainment and tell the time.
• Low vision aids such as task lighting, magnifiers, labelling and bump dots.
• Audiobooks, apps and large-print reading materials.
• Anti-glare filter assessments
• Guide cane (waist high) training

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Apply for a VRS assessment

Please complete the application form using the button below, or download here and post it to VRS, Jewish Blind & Disabled, 35 Langstone Way, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1GT.

Once received, we’ll review your application and contact you within 5 working days.

If you have any questions, please contact Toni on toni@jbd.org or 020 8371 6611 ext. 620.

VRS application form

+ 500

people living in their own homes have been helped by this service

%93

of people were very satisfied with the service they received

2019

the service was launched

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