Engage has worked with Reach by Nightingale Hammerson to create a limited series of videos. These are aimed at people with hearing loss and carers of people with hearing loss. Designed to be easy to follow, they foster independence and that people wear hearing aids can use and maintain them.

Learn the most effective and safest way to insert and remove a hearing aid with a standard ear mould. Whether you're a caregiver, healthcare professional, or supporting a loved one, this video provides a clear, step-by-step demonstration using real-life techniques.

Engage has worked with Reach by Nightingale Hammerson to create a limited series of videos. These are aimed at people with hearing loss and carers of people with hearing loss. Designed to be easy to follow, they foster independence and that people wear hearing aids can use and maintain them.

Whether you're new to using a hearing aid or helping someone who is, this step-by-step video shows you how to correctly insert, remove and care for an open-fit dome hearing aid. You'll learn how to check if it's working, fit it securely, avoid feedback noise and clean it properly for safe, effective use.

Engage has worked with Reach by Nightingale Hammerson to create a limited series of videos. These are aimed at people with hearing loss and carers of people with hearing loss. Designed to be easy to follow, they foster independence and that people wear hearing aids can use and maintain them.

Learn the correct and most effective way to insert and remove a hearing aid with a standard ear mould. In this easy-to-follow tutorial, we walk you through each step, from checking the hearing aid is working, identifying the correct ear, inserting the mould properly, and safely removing it without damage. Perfect for caregivers, healthcare professionals, or anyone assisting someone with hearing aids.

Engage has worked with Reach by Nightingale Hammerson to create a limited series of videos. These are aimed at people with hearing loss and carers of people with hearing loss. Designed to be easy to follow, they foster independence and that people wear hearing aids can use and maintain them.

In this video, you will learn how ear wax actually protects your ears, what causes irritation, and how to safely manage ear wax build-up.

Engage has worked with Reach by Nightingale Hammerson to create a limited series of videos. These are aimed at people with hearing loss and carers of people with hearing loss. Designed to be easy to follow, they foster independence and that people wear hearing aids can use and maintain them.

In this step-by-step guide, we demonstrate how to assist someone with inserting and removing a hearing aid with an open fit dome. Whether you're a caregiver, family member, healthcare worker, or support staff, this video will help you confidently and safely handle hearing aids for someone else.

Engage has worked with Reach by Nightingale Hammerson to create a limited series of videos. These are aimed at people with hearing loss and carers of people with hearing loss. Designed to be easy to follow, they foster independence and that people wear hearing aids can use and maintain them.

This video is all about our top tips for keeping hearing aids, earmoulds and domes clear and in tip top order.

Care England, the leading representative body for independent adult social care providers, in collaboration with Engage and Nightingale Hammerson, has launched a powerful new White Paper calling for urgent and coordinated action to improve support for care home residents living with hearing loss.

The White Paper takes recommendations from research carried out by University of Manchester researchers based at the Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD). They found that unaddressed hearing loss is highly prevalent in care homes, impacting on residents’ quality of life. The research identified several barriers relating to caregivers’ knowledge of hearing loss and opportunities for care homes to work with audiologists. Unclear responsibilities relating to hearing care and residents’ difficulties adapting to, or being comfortable wearing, hearing aids were also identified.

Titled “Hearing Loss in Care Homes – A Call to Action”, the paper brings together nearly a decade of practical experience from Engage’s work across over 35 care homes, alongside extensive research and insights from Nightingale Hammerson, where the Engage project has been running for over three years.

With at least 80% of residents in older people’s care homes living with hearing loss, the paper highlights the widespread impact of unaddressed hearing needs – from increased risks of dementia and falls, to social isolation, depression, and avoidable distress.

To download the White Paper, click on the button below.

On Wednesday 9th April, five team leaders at The Oaks in Sidcup, qualified as Hearing Loss Champions. Trained by the experts at Engage, they learned about creating and installing protocols, adding new pre-assessment questions and how to add them to the care plan. These plans are then fully compliant with the Accessible Information Standard and can be used as evidence for CQC inspections. Another part of the course covered fault finding of hearing aids and retubing.

One of the team leaders said, "It was intense but so interesting. Next time there's an issue with a hearing aid, rather than wait two weeks for it to be fixed by the audiology clinic, if its simple, I can fix it myself! My resident can be part of life in the home rather than sitting alone, not being able to hear."

If you would like training and support for your staff, do get in touch with Engage today. hello@engagecare.co.uk or 020 8369 8329.

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