The Adaptation Dynamics of Chronic Functional Impairment: What We Can Learn From Older Adults With Vision Loss

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 203-213

  Schilling, Oliver K ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Horowitz, Amy ^b   Reinhardt, Joann P ^b   Boerner, Kathrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation to vision loss; Functional ability; Perceived vision loss; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79953154272     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021127     Document Type: Article

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