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Follow-up in low vision rehabilitation for users of assistive technology: a scoping review

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
Assistive technology (AT) is crucial for aiding activities of daily living in individuals with visual impairment; yet, without systematic follow-up device abandonment rates remain high.
Hamidreza Aminparvin   +5 more
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Long term outcomes in dry age-related macular degeneration following low vision rehabilitation interventions

European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
Background: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of loss of vision in the older age groups. In the absence of a known therapy, low vision rehabilitation aims at preserving residual functional vision at optimal levels.
Yulia Pyatova   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Low-Vision Rehabilitation with Older Adults

NeuroRehabilitation, 1993
Vision loss increases dramatically with age but relatively little attention has been paid to blind and low-vision rehabilitation with older adults in the health care literature. The present article describes the nature and etiology of vision loss in older adults and provides an overview of the techniques and technologies available to help older adults ...
S B, Lovett, J M, Rose
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Quebec model for low vision rehabilitation

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006
The increase in longevity (and secondary morbidity) in the Quebec population adds social and financial pressure to society, as it does elsewhere in Canada and in many western countries. This article gives a brief history of the evolution of vision rehabilitation services in Quebec and describes how services are provided for people with low vision ...
Nicole, Robillard, Olga, Overbury
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Low vision rehabilitation services: Perceived barriers and facilitators to access for older adults with visual impairment

British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2019
Introduction The aim of this study is to describe the barriers and facilitators to accessing low vision rehabilitation services in Massachusetts, USA, and determine differences between communities with and without existing low vision rehabilitation ...
Jennifer Kaldenberg
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Implementing an Occupational Therapy Low Vision Rehabilitation Program in Singapore

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2019
Introduction: This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an occupational therapy (OT) low vision rehabilitation program established in a large hospital in Singapore in 2013.
Debbie Boey, M. Warren
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Occupational Therapy and Low Vision Rehabilitation

Occupational Therapy In Health Care, 1988
This article addresses low vision rehabilitation programs and the certified occupational therapy assistant's role in a low vision, outpatient, ambulatory-care service. An individual who acquires low vision secondary to eye or brain pathology may have some useful vision but not enough to facilitate ease in performing activities of dail living.
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Optometric Applications for Three-dimensional Printing: A Technical Report from Low Vision Rehabilitation Practice.

Optometry and Vision Science, 2019
SIGNIFICANCE Delivering personalized three-dimensional (3D)-printed solutions for our patients is easier now than it has ever been. This technological revolution makes things possible that it would be extremely challenging to achieve using traditional ...
G. Hopkins, B. C. Irvin
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Principles of modern low vision rehabilitation

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006
Low vision rehabilitation is a new emerging subspecialty drawing from the traditional fields of ophthalmology, optometry, occupational therapy, and sociology, with an ever-increasing impact on our customary concepts of research, education, and services for the visually impaired patient.
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Delivering Problem-Solving Treatment in Low-Vision Rehabilitation: A Pilot Feasibility Study

Rehabilitation Psychology, 2018
Purpose: To explore the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of Problem-Solving Treatment for Primary Care (PST-PC) delivered by low-vision rehabilitation (LVR) practitioners to adult clients with depressive symptoms.
E. Holloway   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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