The Elderly Blind: The Unseen
This paper discusses some of the problems faced by the elderly blind in society. It is pointed out that the definition of blindness as well as the development of blind services mainly for the young and employable adults have contributed to public misunderstanding of blindness and the magnitude of vi...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of gerontological social work 1982-06, Vol.4 (2), p.55-63 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This paper discusses some of the problems faced by the elderly blind in society. It is pointed out that the definition of blindness as well as the development of blind services mainly for the young and employable adults have contributed to public misunderstanding of blindness and the magnitude of visual problems among the elderly. It is also noted that with coordinated efforts between blind service agencies and social service agencies future problems among this group could be minimized. |
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| ISSN: | 0163-4372 1540-4048 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/J083V04N02_06 |