Geriatric Ophthalmology A Competency-based Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lee, Andrew G. (Editor), Beaver, Hilary A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2010.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

The elderly patient is not simply an "older adult." Geriatric patients have unique responses to treatment and disease: they often harbor co-morbidities that can impact evaluation, treatment, and prognosis. Often elderly patients may require specialized expertise or experience to deal with...

Table of Contents:

• Scope of the Problem and Demographic Shift in Population: Visual Disease Incidence and Prevalence in the Elderly Population
• Refractive Error in the Geriatric Population
• Cataracts and Cataract Surgery
• Glaucoma in the Elderly
• Diabetic Retinopathy and Its Management
• Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Its Management
• Low Vision: When Vision Fails
• Visual Loss and Depression
• Visual Loss and Dementia
• Visual Loss and Hearing Loss
• Visual Loss and Falls
• Elder Abuse
• Functional Impairment and Visual Loss
• The Research Agenda-Setting Project (RASP)
• Screening for Comorbidities
• Refer Comorbidities.