Rehabilitation in elderly people with visual impairment

Autor:	JN McGalliard, Cia Jack
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	Gerontology Rehabilitation genetic structures business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Visual impairment humanities eye diseases Registered blind Poor vision Elderly population medicine Elderly people Partially sighted Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom Older people business
Zdroj:	Reviews in Clinical Gerontology. 9:77-80
ISSN:	1469-9036 0959-2598
DOI:	10.1017/s0959259899009181
Popis:	In England there are over 100 000 elderly people registered blind and a further 80 000 registered partially sighted. Visual impairment is common in the elderly population, with approximately 10% of people of 65 years of age and over having poor vision. The prevalence of visual problems appears to be much greater among older people in institutionalized care. A study of 100 elderly people living in residential homes in London revealed that 51% had cataract and 34% had significant refractive errors. A further study of patients attending a geriatric day centre found that about one-third had unrecognized visual loss.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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