Vision-enhancing interventions in nursing home residents and their short-term effect on physical and cognitive function

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-208

  Elliott, Amanda F ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,c   Owsley, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Nursing homes; Physical functioning; Vision intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME PATIENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VISION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSING HOMES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 58849084159     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02099.x     Document Type: Article

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