Older Adults’ Perspectives on Their Successful Adjustment to Vision Loss Page 1 Older Adults'
Perspectives on Their Successful Adjustment to Vision Loss Julia J. Kleinschmidt Abstract …

This article describes the conceptual and empirical development of a scale to assess
psychosocial adaptation to age-related vision loss. Psychometric analyses, conducted on …

Age-related vision loss is one of the most commonly cited disabling impairments of adult life.
Stressors presented by vision loss can create barriers, threatening the well-being of the …

Objective: To provide an in-depth assessment of challenges faced by older adults with
recent vision loss and to determine changes in the nature of these challenges over time for …

This study aims to explore how older adults recently diagnosed with age-related vision loss
experience and readjust to their new everyday lives. Ten individuals participated in …

Age-related vision loss is a condition affecting the quality of life of an ever-increasing
number of older adults. The purposes of this study were to describe the impact of age …

This comparison of the behavioral and emotional adaptation of elderly visually impaired and
sighted people found that age-related visual impairment was associated with other forms of …

The present study developed a typology of self-reported coping strategies used by older
adults in adapting to vision impairment using qualitative analyses. Narrative data were …

Older persons represent the fastest growing segment of individuals with visual impairments
in industrialized countries. This population is expected to grow dramatically in the coming …

This article reports on a study that explored the prevalence and predictors of functional
disability that are due to visual problems as opposed to functional disability that is due to …