Making the right changes at home is essential for helping someone with vision loss maintain their independence. In this episode, Vision Australia Senior Occupational Therapist Sam Sullivan shares practical tips on adapting living spaces to ensure safety and accessibility. 

Making the right changes at home is essential for helping someone with vision loss maintain their independence. In this episode, Vision Australia Senior Occupational Therapist Sam Sullivan shares practical tips on adapting living spaces to ensure safety and accessibility.

Vision Australia's Hindsight podcast shares lived experiences from carers, supporters and people living with vision loss. Its intended as a resource for those supporting someone close to them.

This podcast has been funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.

Go to www.dss.gov.au  for more information.   

Vision Australia's Hindsight podcast shares lived experiences from carers, supporters and people living with vision loss. Its intended as a resource for those supporting someone close to them.
This podcast has been funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.
Go to <a href="http://www.dss.gov.au/">www.dss.gov.au</a>  for more information.

Hindsight by Vision Australia

Episode 8: Staying Independent at Home 

Supporting someone with vision loss can really affect mental and emotional wellbeing. In this episode, we chat with a guest who shares strategies for maintaining a positive outlook while facing the challenge of burnout along the way. 

Guest: Heleni Bagiartakis from Carer Gateway.

Learn more: Home | Carer Gateway

Supporting someone with vision loss can really affect mental and emotional wellbeing. In this episode, we chat with a guest who shares strategies for maintaining a positive outlook while facing the challenge of burnout along the way. 
Guest: Heleni Bagiartakis from Carer Gateway.
Learn more: <a href="https://www.carergateway.gov.au/">Home | Carer Gateway</a>

Episode 7: Overcoming Burnout, featuring Heleni Bagiartakis from Carer Gateway 

From screen readers to mobility aids, assistive technology plays a crucial role in the lives of people with vision loss. In this episode, a tech expert highlights some of the tools that have transformed daily life for people living with vision loss. 

Guest: Damien McMorrow from Vision Australia. 

From screen readers to mobility aids, assistive technology plays a crucial role in the lives of people with vision loss. In this episode, a tech expert highlights some of the tools that have transformed daily life for people living with vision loss. 
Guest: Damien McMorrow from Vision Australia.

Episode 6: The Tips and Tricks of Assistive Tech

Being a parent is already a journey filled with challenges, and raising a child with vision loss adds another layer. In this episode, a mother shares her personal story and offers valuable advice for other parents facing similar experiences. 

Guest: Melinda Whipp, mother to a son with vision loss.  

Being a parent is already a journey filled with challenges, and raising a child with vision loss adds another layer. In this episode, a mother shares her personal story and offers valuable advice for other parents facing similar experiences. 
Guest: Melinda Whipp, mother to a son with vision loss.

Episode 8: Staying Independent at Home

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