Coronavirus - what it means for you and what support you need Survey

Living Options Devon is a registered charity working across the South West to ensure that people with disabilities and Deaf people can live the lives they choose.

We want to find out what disabled and Deaf people, and people with long term conditions, need during the coronavirus outbreak. We want to understand better the impact that coronavirus is having on your lives and what we and other organisations can do to help you stay safe, well and connected.

This will help us make sure disabled and Deaf people’s voices are heard during this crisis and give us the opportunity to feed back to the local authority and our funders about people's needs during this crisis and any gaps which need to be addressed.

We would be very grateful if you could spare five minutes to complete this brief survey.

All of the information that you provide will be treated as confidential and will only be used for research purposes. Your comments will not be identified as belonging to you, instead they will be combined with those gathered from other survey participants, and will be analysed as part of a group. We do not use any of the information you provide for direct marketing or other non-research activities.

2.What are your main challenges during coronavirus

Getting food and other household essentials

Getting your medication

Financial worries

Opportunities to keep active

Opportunities to stay connected to others

Maintaining mental wellbeing

Getting to health appointments and access to healthcare

Phone or internet communication

No accessible information about coronavirus - for example BSL video clips or easy read info

Other (please describe)

3.What are your main worries during coronavirus?

Other (please describe)

4.What kinds of support do you feel local councils and the government should be providing?

Hardship money

Clear information and advice in formats appropriate to my needs

Listening to disabled and Deaf people

Providing IT equipment and broadband

Other (please describe)

5.Do you know about any support or services set up in your area to respond to Coronavirus pandemic?

Yes

No

If yes, what are these services?

6.Do you access these services?

Yes

No

If yes, which services do you access? If no, why is that?

7.Are services which you normally rely on still running during coronavirus?

Yes

No

Not sure

If some are and some aren't please give details

8.Do you have any further comments?

9.Do you consider yourself to have a disability and / or long term health condition?

Yes, day to day activities limited a little

Yes, day to day activities limited a lot

No

10.Are you a Deaf BSL user?

Yes

No

11.Have you received a letter from the NHS telling you that you are vulnerable and asking you to isolate and shield from coronavirus?

Yes

No

Not sure

12.Would you describe the area you live in as urban or rural?

13.Would you be happy for us to contact you in the future to let you know about consultations on issues affecting the lives of people with disabilities / long term health conditions or Deaf BSL users?
Your personal information would be kept securely. Living Options Devon will not share your information with any other organisations. Appropriate safeguards are in place at Living Options Devon to secure the collection, storage, transmission and disposal of your personal data to comply with the data protection and related legislation. You can see our privacy statement on our website www.livingoptions.org.

Yes - please provide your contact details below.

No

14.Contact details (if you answered yes above)

Name

Email Address

Thank you very much for your time.

For more information about Living Options Devon and what we are doing to support people during Coronavirus, you can:

Visit our website: www.livingoptions.org
Or Contact us:

By telephone: 01392 459222
By email: info@livingoptions.org
By SMS:    07958 517919
By post: Living Options Devon
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   Cranmere Court
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