Training programs for working with older American Indians who are visually impaired

Training programs for working with older American Indians who are visually impaired

American Indian reservations are most often rural and located in remote communities with accessibility barriers and minimal services, including a lack of professionally trained specialists to work with people who are visually impaired or blind. A program that was developed to train indigenous person...

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Veröffentlicht in:American rehabilitation 1993-03, Vol.19 (1), p.2
Hauptverfasser: Ma, White, Keith, Saravanabhavan, R.C, Carlise, Kathy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Blindness
Community health aides
Employment training programs
Handicapped people
Methods
Native Americans
Older people
Rehabilitation counselors
Services
Training
Visually disabled persons
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Zusammenfassung:American Indian reservations are most often rural and located in remote communities with accessibility barriers and minimal services, including a lack of professionally trained specialists to work with people who are visually impaired or blind. A program that was developed to train indigenous personnel in skills needed to aid American Indian elders who have visual impairments is described.
ISSN:0362-4048
2169-8554