Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309439981
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
The ability to see deeply affects how human beings perceive and interpret the world around them. For most people, eyesight is part of everyday communication, social activities, educational and professional pursuits, the care of others, and the maintenance of personal health, independence, and mobility. Functioning eyes and vision system can reduce an adult's risk of chronic health conditions, death, falls and injuries, social isolation, depression, and other psychological problems. In children, properly maintained eye and vision health contributes to a child's social development, academic achievement, and better health across the lifespan. The public generally recognizes its reliance on sight and fears its loss, but emphasis on eye and vision health, in general, has not been integrated into daily life to the same extent as other health promotion activities, such as teeth brushing; hand washing; physical and mental exercise; and various injury prevention behaviors. A larger population health approach is needed to engage a wide range of stakeholders in coordinated efforts that can sustain the scope of behavior change. The shaping of socioeconomic environments can eventually lead to new social norms that promote eye and vision health. Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow proposes a new population-centered framework to guide action and coordination among various, and sometimes competing, stakeholders in pursuit of improved eye and vision health and health equity in the United States. Building on the momentum of previous public health efforts, this report also introduces a model for action that highlights different levels of prevention activities across a range of stakeholders and provides specific examples of how population health strategies can be translated into cohesive areas for action at federal, state, and local levels.
Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative
The Elderly Blind
Blindness and the Elderly
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blind aged
Languages : en
Pages : 1386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blind aged
Languages : en
Pages : 1386
Book Description
Independent Living Services for the Elderly Blind
The Elderly Blind
An Introduction to Working with the Aging Person who is Visually Handicapped
Author: American Foundation for the Blind
Publisher: CMJ Marian Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher: CMJ Marian Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Adjustment of the Elderly Blind from the Perspective of Role Theory
Author: Randolph Owen Marcus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blindness
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blindness
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Vision and Aging
Author: Alberta L. Orr
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891282167
Category : Aging
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This overview of the service delivery systems in the aging and blindness fields covers the essential issues concerning vision loss among older persons in this country, the growth of visual impairment among the increasing number of elderly people in the United States, and the policy and service questions that will demand national attention throughout this and the coming decade.
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891282167
Category : Aging
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This overview of the service delivery systems in the aging and blindness fields covers the essential issues concerning vision loss among older persons in this country, the growth of visual impairment among the increasing number of elderly people in the United States, and the policy and service questions that will demand national attention throughout this and the coming decade.
On the Special Needs of Blind and Low Vision Seniors
Author: Hans-Werner Wahl
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 9781586031527
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Main headings: I. Basic positions. - II. Epidemiology and medical-ophthalmological research. - III. Psychosocial issues and daily living skills in different settings: empirical and conceptual contributions. - IV. Intervention and rehabilitation: empirical and conceptual contributions. - V. Educational issues: programs, media, self-help and new technologies. - VI. Learning from each other in an international perspective. - VII. Look into the future.
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 9781586031527
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Main headings: I. Basic positions. - II. Epidemiology and medical-ophthalmological research. - III. Psychosocial issues and daily living skills in different settings: empirical and conceptual contributions. - IV. Intervention and rehabilitation: empirical and conceptual contributions. - V. Educational issues: programs, media, self-help and new technologies. - VI. Learning from each other in an international perspective. - VII. Look into the future.
Services for the elderly blind
Author: Texas. State Commission for the Blind
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blind
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blind
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description