Multi‐disciplinary low vision care [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2001 Case reports for three patients with low vision due to different ocular diseases are presented. In each case, a different rehabilitation professional was the main provider of the low vision care needed to meet the patient's goals. However, in all cases the patients benefited from the services of a range of professionals, agencies or groups for visually
Lovie-Kitchin, Janette +3 more
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Low vision care: who can help? [PDF]
Community Eye Health, 2012 We know that, in many low- and middle-income countries, low vision services are limited to tertiary or teaching hospitals, which means that most people are not able to access them.If this is the case, who can those with low vision turn to for help?
van Dijk K.
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Tablet computers versus optical aids to support education and learning in children and young people with low vision: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial, CREATE (Children Reading with Electronic Assistance To Educate) [PDF]
, 2017 INTRODUCTION: Low vision and blindness adversely affect education and independence of children and young people. New 'assistive' technologies such as tablet computers can display text in enlarged font, read text out to the user, allow speech input and ...
Bharani, S +7 more
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Severity of Visual Field Loss at First Presentation to Glaucoma Clinics in England and Tanzania [PDF]
, 2019 Purpose: To compare severity of visual field (VF) loss at first presentation in glaucoma clinics in England and Tanzania. Methods: Large archives of VF records from automated perimetry were used to retrospectively examine vision loss at first ...
Adegbehingbe BO +9 more
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Barriers in attaining low-vision care services
Delta Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 The main goal of this narrative review was to examine the literature on the barriers that low-vision patients experience while utilizing low-vision care services (LVCS). Reviewing the difficulties or the barriers that an eye care professional (ECP) encounters when delivering the LVCS is also important.
Biswas Vishal +3 more
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Profound vision loss impairs psychological well-being in young and middle-aged individuals. [PDF]
, 2017 PurposeThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of profound vision loss on psychological well-being in adolescents, young adults, and middle-aged adults with regard to mood, interpersonal interactions, and career-related goals.
Baron, David +8 more
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Low vision rehabilitation needs of visually impaired people [PDF]
, 2017 It is difficult for visually impaired people (VIPs) to know what rehabilitation services are available that may be of benefit to them. Appropriate services are covered by health, social care and voluntary sectors, with significant differences in the ...
Latham, Keziah, Macnaughton, Jane
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Challenges for health care development in Croatia [Izazovi razvoja zdravstvenog sustava Republike Hrvatske] [PDF]
, 2012 The main aim of the research done in this paper was to establish key challenges and perspectives for health care development in the Republic of Croatia in the next two decades.
Bilas, Vlatka +2 more
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Health Care Costs and the Arc of Innovation [PDF]
, 2019 Health care costs continue their inexorable rise, threatening America’s long-term fiscal stability, competitiveness, and standard of living. Over the past half-century, efforts to rein in spending have uniformly failed.
Bloche, Maxwell Gregg, Sukhatme, Neel U.
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Counselling for people with sight loss in the UK: The need for provision and the need for evidence [PDF]
, 2010 For adults of any age the diagnosis of a visual impairment can be traumatic, and timely referral to informal peer support and/or professional counselling may be both beneficial and appropriate.
Gosney, M.A., Nyman, S.R., Victor, C.R.
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