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Low-Vision Rehabilitation with Older Adults
NeuroRehabilitation, 1993Vision 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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Evaluating the outcomes of low vision rehabilitation
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 1999Summary The requirement for those providing healthcare to measure outcomes raises the fundamental question of how these should be measured. Both the scale of the low vision population and the different models of care proposed make it a pressing need to determine outcomes using valid and reliable measures.
Harper, Robert; id_orcid 0000-0001-5437-2553 +3 more
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Quebec model for low vision rehabilitation
Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006The 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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Rehabilitation Options for Patients with Low Vision
Rehabilitation Nursing, 2001Loss of vision has a profound effect on an individual's life. Reduced visual function, whether present at birth or appearing later in life, greatly affects one's perception of useful existence. When medical intervention can no longer restore or maintain a person's functional vision, rehabilitative measures are necessary to enable that person to adjust ...
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Rehabilitation of Low Vision in Aged People
2008Early screening, diagnosis, and treatment of age-related eye diseases are emerging challenges for public health professionals. New techniques of evaluation and management are currently being used. The scanning laser ophthalmoscope is used for microperimetry and determination of preferred retinal locus in order to treat absolute central scotomas ...
BALACCO GABRIELI, Corrado +2 more
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Occupational Therapy and Low Vision Rehabilitation
Occupational Therapy In Health Care, 1988This 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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Quality of Life of Low‐Vision Patients and Outcomes of Low‐Vision Rehabilitation
Optometry and Vision Science, 2001ABSTRACT: Purpose. The impact of low vision on self‐reported quality of life and changes after low‐vision intervention are investigated. Methods. Literature reports from 1990 to 2000 are reviewed.
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Low Vision, Vision Rehabilitation, and Assistive Technology
2021The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 1 billion people live with some degree of health impairment and compromised functionality (disabilities) that restrict and limit their activity and participation in the events of daily life. This number is likely to be doubled by 2030 due to aging populations and debilitating non-communicable
Patanjali Dev Nayar +6 more
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State-of-the-art: low vision rehabilitation
Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016The State of the Art is strong - to paraphrase another famous saying. Low vision rehabilitation (LVR) is today a recognized discipline in Ophthalmology, expanding and improving the quality of life of numerous visually impaired patients. It was not so about a century ago when it all started.
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Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry, 2020
Stephanie Schmiedecke-Barbieri +1 more
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Stephanie Schmiedecke-Barbieri +1 more
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