The main task of the LNB RC is to provide social rehabilitation services to people with visual impairments. According to the Law on Social Services and Social Assistance, social rehabilitation service is a set of measures aimed at restoring or improving social functioning to ensure the recovery of social status and inclusion in society, and includes services in a person’s place of residence and in a social rehabilitation institution.
The team at the Rehabilitation Centre is a multidisciplinary team of professionals with decades of experience. They use methods and techniques developed by themselves and borrowed from colleagues abroad, the main aim of which is to help people with visual impairments to acquire and improve the following skills that they need in their daily lives:
- cook;
- move safely indoors and on the street;
- handling banknotes, shopping;
- keep your clothes and home tidy
- work on your computer and mobile phone using “talking” and image magnifying software;
- exercise their creative abilities by making various handicrafts – beading, basket weaving, pin making, felting;
- read and write in dot (Braille);
- use various technical aids
You can also:
- exercise in the gym;
- receive counselling from a psychologist, social worker and other specialists.
Specialists will also provide advice and support to relatives and family members of people with visual impairments. Rehabilitation sessions are held individually or in small groups.
Website: www.lnbrc.lv
