One key challenge to those charged with tackling the social exclusion of visually impaired
people is having information about the extent to which visual impairment is related to the …

Background. Tractable but undetected visual impairment in older people may be relatively
common, particularly amongst the very old and in more deprived populations. Measurement …

Objectives Using longitudinal data, we investigate whether deterioration and improvement in
self-reported vision among people aged 50 years and older in England experience …

Impaired vision often results in restrictions across diverse key indicators of successful aging.
However, little is known about how impaired vision affects the long-term trajectories of these …

The aim of this work is to narratively review findings on emotional and social adjustment
among visually impaired older adults. The definition of emotional adjustment employed here …

Declining vision adds to the frustrations and deprivations which make the life of the elderly
difficult. This opinion is supported by the experience of clinicians and other providers of …

Background and aims: Our aim was to determine the impact of visual impairment on self-
rated health, function and mortality amongst a community-dwelling elderly cohort. Methods …

Background Vision impairment (VI) in older adults is associated with declines in well-being.
However, the pathways through which poor vision leads to declines in well-being have not …

Background: Because of the growing life expectancy in developed countries and the
exponential increase in vision loss with increasing age, a growing number of elderly …

This article reports findings from two linked projects. The first examined the housing, support
and care needs of 400 visually impaired people aged 55 and over. The second looked at the …