The Lighthouse Handbook on Vision Impairment and Vision Rehabilitation

2000-04-13
 |  Medical
The Lighthouse Handbook on Vision Impairment and Vision Rehabilitation

Author: Barbara Silverstone

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

ISBN: 9780195094893

Category: Medical

Page: 1414

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This comprehensive reference source is a state-of-the-art guide to the scientific, clinical, rehabilitative, and policy aspects of vision impairment and blindness. More than 100 original contributions from physicians, therapists, rehabilitation specialists, and policy makers cover everything from the basic science of vision and its diseases to assistive technologies, treatment, and care.

The Lighthouse Handbook on Vision Impairment and Vision Rehabilitation

2000
 |  Medical
The Lighthouse Handbook on Vision Impairment and Vision Rehabilitation

Author: Barbara Silverstone

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 0195095170

Category: Medical

Page: 728

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This comprehensive reference source is a state-of-the-art guide to the scientific, clinical, rehabilitative, and policy aspects of vision impairment and blindness. More than 100 original contributions from physicians, therapists, rehabilitation specialists, and policy makers cover everythingfrom the basic science of vision and its diseases to assistive technologies, treatment, and care.

The Lighthouse Handbook on Vision Impairment and Vision Rehabilitation: Vision rehabilitation

2000
 |  Ophthalmology
The Lighthouse Handbook on Vision Impairment and Vision Rehabilitation: Vision rehabilitation

Author: Lighthouse International

Publisher:

ISBN: 0195095170

Category: Ophthalmology

Page: 1371

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This comprehensive reference source is a state-of-the-art guide to the scientific, clinical, rehabilitative, and policy aspects of vision impairment and blindness. More than 100 original contributions from physicians, therapists, rehabilitation specialists, and policy makers cover everythingfrom the basic science of vision and its diseases to assistive technologies, treatment, and care.

Low Vision Rehabilitation

2007
 |  Medical
Low Vision Rehabilitation

Author: Mitchell Scheiman

Publisher: SLACK Incorporated

ISBN: 1556427344

Category: Medical

Page: 366

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Presents an emerging model in which occupational therapists practice as part of a team of vision rehabilitation professionals serving adults with low vision. Occupational therapists offer a unique contribution to the vision rehabilitation team, with a focus on meaningful occupational goals, the incorporation of occupation into therapy, and the orchestration of environmental, social, and non-visual personal factors into a treatment plan. The authors have developed a practical and straightforward text outlining an evaluation approach to interventions that focus on recovering occupational performance in adults.

Geriatric Medicine

2006-05-29
 |  Medical
Geriatric Medicine

Author: Christine K. Cassel

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9780387226217

Category: Medical

Page: 1318

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Since the publication of the third edition of Geriatric Medicine,extraordinary advances have occurred in the science of aging and the potential for biomedical research to give us answers to many, if not most, of the age-related disorders that threaten the quality of life in older years. At the most basic level, the successful mapping of the human genome was declared complete in the fall of 2000. Understanding the map of the human genome is as important as understanding the map of genomes of important laboratory species, ranging from the microscopic worms and fruit?ies used in most classic genetic studies to rodents such as laboratory mice, and eventually to primates, on which much of the research on the aging human brain is done. The genetic maps of all of these species,including our own,does not answer clinical questions,but it does open the door to dramatic, rapid, and ef?cient answers to questions about the genetic polymorphisms related to diseases in humans. The telomerase story also unfolded since the third edition. Telomerase is an enzyme responsible for maintaining the telomeres—the redundant DNA portions at the end of chromosomes—whose shortening seems to be linked directly to cell senescence,ap- tosis,and the control over cell death,which,at the level of the individual cell,seems to be linked to the decline of organ function and eventually aging and death within the org- ism.

On the Special Needs of Blind and Low Vision Seniors

2001
 |  Health & Fitness
On the Special Needs of Blind and Low Vision Seniors

Author: Hans-Werner Wahl

Publisher: IOS Press

ISBN: 158603152X

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 366

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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.

Functional Vision

2004
 |  Medical
Functional Vision

Author: Amanda Hall Lueck

Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind

ISBN: 0891288716

Category: Medical

Page: 548

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Emphasizing the need for collaboration and cooperation across medical, education, rehabilitation, and social service disciplines, this volume provides a primary reference tool for those engaged in work related to low vision rehabilitation and service delivery. It provides information about the funct.

Fundamentals of Geriatric Medicine

2007-05-26
 |  Medical
Fundamentals of Geriatric Medicine

Author: Rainier P. Soriano

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9780387323268

Category: Medical

Page: 628

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This book distills the wealth of knowledge contained in the classic text, Geriatric Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach, 4/e into a practical guide for primary care, family medicine, and internal medicine residents. Written by top experts in the field, the book offers a detailed, compact overview of geriatric care. It addresses geriatric pharmacology, Medicare and Medicaid, and numerous other subjects unique to older adults. The case-based instructional approach helps readers navigate the complexity of prevention, presentation, and treatment for conditions such as depression, dementia, and hypertension. Graphs and tables aid the reader in determining the proper courses of treatment.

Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

2006
 |  Education
Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Author: Sharon Sacks

Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind

ISBN: 0891288821

Category: Education

Page: 548

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"This book expands upon the knowledge base and provides a compendium of intervention strategies to support and enhance the acquisition of social skills and children and youths with visual impairments ... Part 1 ... addresses social skills from a first-person perspective. The second part ... examines how theory seeks to explain social development and influences assessment and practice ... Part 3, ties personal perspectives and theory to actual practice. Finally, Part 4 ... offers numerous examples and models for teaching social skills to students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabling conditions."--Introduction.

Encyclopedia of Health and Aging

2007-04-13
 |  Social Science
Encyclopedia of Health and Aging

Author: Kyriakos S. Markides

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISBN: 9781452265643

Category: Social Science

Page: 680

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The Encyclopedia of Health and Aging presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts on health and aging. This one-volume resource captures some of the excitement of the research in the field in terms of new findings as well as conceptual developments guiding research, practice, and policy. With more than 200 entries, it covers the biological, psychological, social, and economic aspects of health and aging and impacts within the health-care system. This Encyclopedia also focuses heavily on geriatrics with respect to geriatric syndromes and common diseases of aging.