Multi‐disciplinary low vision care

Case reports for three patients with low vision due to different ocular diseases are presented. In each case, a different rehabilitation professional was the main provider of the low vision care needed to meet the patient's goals. However, in all cases the patients benefited from the services o...

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Published inClinical and experimental optometry Vol. 84; no. 3; pp. 165 - 170
Main Authors Lovie‐Kitchin, Jan E, Devereaux, John, Wells, Shona, Sculpher, Karen‐Anne
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2001
Subjects
low vision clinics
rehabilitation
visual impairment
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Summary:Case reports for three patients with low vision due to different ocular diseases are presented. In each case, a different rehabilitation professional was the main provider of the low vision care needed to meet the patient's goals. However, in all cases the patients benefited from the services of a range of professionals, agencies or groups for visually impaired people. The importance of defining patients' specific goals, referral to multi‐disciplinary low vision services and regular reviews of vision and visual tasks is highlighted.
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ISSN:0816-4622
1444-0938
DOI:10.1111/j.1444-0938.2001.tb04961.x