Assessment of Visual Function in Institutionalized Elderly Patients

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-49

  Carcenac, Guillaume ^a,b   Hérard, Marie Ève ^a   Kergoat, Marie Jeanne ^a,b   Lajeunesse, Yvette ^a,b   Champoux, Nathalie ^a,b   Barsauskas, Allan ^a,b   Kergoat, Hélène ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia; frail elderly; long term care units; visual examination

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; BLINDNESS; CANADA; CATARACT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 57849112228     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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