Events

Empowered Living Program: Four Sessions

Feel Safer & Independent at Home

One of the major challenges a person with vision loss may experience is the home environment not feeling like the safe haven it once was and things have become tricky around the house. By making a few small changes, you can remain in control, confident and regain your independence.

Simple changes to your home environment and the use of aids/technology can make life easier and safer for you and your loved ones.

We invite you to participate in our series of free interactive training sessions to explore these strategies and tools. The training provides a great opportunity to learn and develop skills, while connecting to other people with similar experiences.

This training will consist of four sessions and will be a combination of face-to-face and virtual sessions. Each session will run between 60 and 80 minutes. By confirming attendance, we ask that you please join each session.

Session details and how to register is outlined further below:

Falls prevention and Strategies to remain safe within your home. 

• How to improve your awareness around the house so that you can create a safer space for yourself.
• Explore strategies to make walking around your home safer.
• Discover various strategies for home security.

Date: 15 March, Wednesday.

Time: 1:00 pm Virtual session.

Adequate lighting and glare reduction strategies

• Explore task and environmental lighting options and strategies to make the most effective use of lighting in your home.
• Learn techniques that will reduce glare.

Date: 22 March, 2023 Wednesday.

Time: 1:00 pm Virtual session.

Low Vision Strategies

• Discover various low vision strategies such as using contrast, colour, size, positioning and other techniques to assist with using residual vision or your tactile senses to complete tasks at home.
• Learn labelling and storing techniques to make your daily activities easier.

Date: 29 March, 2023 Wednesday.

Time: 1:00 pm face-to-face session at the Guide Dogs Head Office.

Equipment/Assistive technology

• Explore a range of low vision aids/assistive technology that will enhance your safety and independence.

Date: 5 April, 2023 Wednesday

Time: 1:00 pm face-to-face session at the Guide Dogs Head Office.

Please contact Salina Shrestha at salina.shrestha@guidedogs.org.au or phone 08 8203 8347 if you want to express interest to register for the training or have any inquiries.

You can also express your interest to join the training by filling up the form via this link

https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/283ff6ad6d794bff9d225fb5abf31045