Prevalence of Remediable Disability due to Low Vision among Institutionalised Elderly People

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-101

  De Winter, Leandra J M ^a   Hoyng, Carel B ^a   Froeling, Paul G A M ^a   Meulendijks, Carina F M ^a   Van Der Wilt, Gert J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Institutionalised elderly people; Low vision aids; Quality of care; Visual disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BINOCULAR VISION; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL AID;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYE DISEASES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LENSES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 1242306595     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075560     Document Type: Review

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