Yvonne Cobb and her mother, Davinia, are exploring care options available for elderly deaf people in the UK. They are shocked to find that there is only one specialist care homes for elderly BSL users remaining in the UK. Why is this?
Yvonne visits the Netherlands' De Gelderhorst, which houses 200 deaf residents, to learn about the way funding and provisions are put in place there. Back in the UK, she learns about the lack of proper provisions and the ways the deaf community is shouldering the burden of care for its elderly, and looks into the calls for more support and funding from the government.
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