Have you read the article Correcting poor vision in nursing home residents may decrease symptoms of depression? It's at http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-11/jaaj-cpv110807.php. The article states, "Nursing home residents who received eyeglasses for uncorrected refractive error were found to have improved quality of life and decreased symptoms of depression when compared to those with refractive error who had not received eyeglasses."
Interesting.... but this also presents a problem since eyeglasses can only be purchased every so many years if someone is on Medicaid, etc.... so I guess in the meantime, the person is just supposed to stay depressed? Very tragic indeed...
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- I am an Independent Library & Information Consultant, with a focus on disability and older adult related issues. I have a master's degree in Library/Information Science. I started this blog to help make people more aware of resources available for older adults and those with disabilities, as well as to promote the free Talking Books program by the Library of Congress! Want to contact me? You can reach me at TalkingBooksLibrarian at gmail.com (take out the spaces and replace the "at" with "@").
3 comments:
Hello! I found your blog and love it! I am a teacher of the visually impaired in the Detroit Public School system, so I can relate to a lot of the posts!
Thanks so much for a great blog :)
Patti
Thanks for the feedback! It is always great to hear from readers! If you have any ideas or suggestions for blog topics, please let me know!
Will do! And thanks again for having the blog :)
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