Sensory

For many people, growing older has a significant impact on hearing, eyesight and sense of taste. On top of developing age-related eye conditions and/or hearing loss, for some individuals dementia can also create additional sensory challenges. Activities in this topic share experiences of dementia in detecting, living with and managing these changes.

The content in this section has been contributed to and reviewed by Dr Marianne Coleman. Marianne is an orthoptist and clinical eyecare researcher working at the National Centre for Healthy Ageing, a collaboration between Monash University and Peninsula Health in Australia. Marianne completed a PhD in Vision Science at Glasgow Caledonian University. Marianne has practiced clinically in Dumfries and Galloway and Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Boards, supporting people with neurodegenerative conditions and stroke survivors who are having difficulties with their eyesight. Marianne’s research is about eyecare for people living with dementia. Marianne has explored the best ways to measure depth perception, and how to improve experiences for people living with dementia who visit the optometrist for an eye test.

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