Low Vision Patient and Elderly People

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Lecture notes, articles
Web-source: Näkövammaisten liitto ry (Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired): www.nkl.fi(Opens in a new tab)
Suggested literature:
Primary Care Optometry (5th Ed.) : Ch 17- Age-Related Vision Problems, pages 404-415, Ch 18- Age-Related Vision Loss pages 416-434, Ch 19- Care of the Vision-Impaired Patient pages 435-455.
Borish´s Clinical Refraction (2nd Ed. or newer) : Ch 35- The Elderly, pages 1571-1590, Ch 36- Patients with Low Vision pages 1591-1618.
Jane Macnaughton (2005): Low Vision Assessment. Ch 3- Adapting the eye examination for the visually impaired, pages 32-76. Ch 4 Determining and prescribing magnification, pages 77-98. Ch 7- Additional strategies and non-optical methods for improving visual performance, pages 154-170.
Riitta Lahtinen, Russ Palmer & Merja Lahtinen (2009) Aisti kuvailu (in English the same book: Environmental description for visually and dual sensory impaired people, 2010).
K M Saari (Ed.) (2011) : Silmätautioppi Ophthalmology (11th Ed.), Ch 24- Näkövammaisten kuntoutus, apuvälineet ja sosiaaliturva, pages 486-510. Appendix: Näkövammasta johtuva haittaluokitus pages 514-520.
Käppi, Anni; Laitala, Jenna (2009). Heikkonäköisen kuntoutuspolku Helsingin ja Uudenmaan Sairaanhoitopiirin alueella. Opinnäytetyö. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-200912178230(Opens in a new tab)
Frigård, Katri; Dromberg, Elisa; Ojala, Maria (2016). Kun lasit eivät riitä : Opas heikkonäköisten apuvälinesovitukseen. Opinnäytetyö. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201604214732(Opens in a new tab)
https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/107133(Opens in a new tab)
Aaltonen, Laura; Itkonen, Jenni; Kemppinen, Emma (2015). Väliinputoajat : opas alentuneen näöntarkkuuden huomioimiseen optikkoliikkeessä. Opinnäytetyö. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201504234872(Opens in a new tab)
Practical Low Vision. Essilor Academy Europe 2013. http://www.essiloracademy.eu/en/publications/ophthalmic-optics-files(Opens in a new tab)
Ageing-review Optometry Today CET (2003) parts 1 ageing, definition; 2 examining, 3 visual function, 4 ant segm; 5 contact lenses, 7-17 ocular and general disorders in the aged population (cataract, post segm, amd, syst diseases causing ophthalmic manifestations 1&2)