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By
Alfred Rosenbloom, OD, DOS, MA, Director, Vision Services, Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind and Visually Impaired, Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus, Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, IL
Description
Focusing on the fastest growing segment of our population, this unique resource addresses the diagnosis and treatment of low vision in
older adults. The author, Dr. Rosenbloom, is well known for his expertise in low vision and the care of elderly patients in optometric
practice. This practical manual discusses all aspects of the aging eye and offers thorough coverage of both optometric primary care and
the management of major ocular disease in the elderly. Other topics include the pathologic, pharmacologic, psychologic, and socioeconomic
aspects of aging.
Contents
1. Primary Vision Care in Geriatrics: An Overview
2. Normal Age-Related Vision Changes
3. Age-Related Systemic Diseases
in the Older Adult
4. Age-Related Neurological Diseases in the Older Adult
5. Age-Related Anterior Segment Diseases in
the Older Adult
6. Age-Related Posterior Segment Diseases in the Older Adult
7. Optometric Examination of the Older Adult
8. Factors that Complicate the Eye Examination of the Older Adult
9. Auditory Impairment in the Older Adult
10. Pharmacological
Aspects of Aging
11. Vision Corrections for the Older Adult
12. Contact Lenses and the Older Adult
13. Functional
Therapy in the Rehabilitation of the Older Adult
14. Vision Care of the Visually Impaired Older Adult
15. Assistive Technology
for the Visually Impaired Older Adult
16. The Older Driver
17. Nutrition and the Older Adult
18. Delivery of Vision
Care in Non-Traditional Settings
19. Public Health Aspects of Elder Patient Care
20. Ethical Issues in the Care of the
Older Adult
21. The Vision Rehabilitation Field and the Aging Network
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 432 pages, publication date: AUG-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7359-4
ISBN-10: 0-7506-7359-1
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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