Causes and Clinical Indications of Vision Impairments in the Older Adult
Presented by Mary Warren
Occupational therapy practitioners frequently encounter older adults with vision impairment while providing rehabilitation for another condition. How does the OT determine whether the client’s vision may also be influencing occupational performance and the best way to address the vision issue during intervention? This course will provide the generalist occupational therapist with skills to distinguish between the expected changes in visual performance in an older adult and changes due to disease or impairment.
Meet your instructor
Mary Warren
Dr. Warren is an associate professor of occupational therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, director of the Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation Program and codirector of the UAB Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation. Dr. Warren lectures extensively on vision rehabilitation for adults with age-related…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. The Components of Vision
This chapter describes the components of vision: high and low contrast acuity, light and glare adaptation, eye movements and visual field. This information will help the OT understand the visual limitations that may be observed in a client over the age of 70 and how they may interfere with occupational performance.
2. Normal, Age-related Changes to the Visual System
This chapter describes how the components of vision change as a result of the normal aging process. This information will help the OT understand the visual limitations that would be expected in a client over the age of 70 and how they may interfere with occupational performance.
3. Vision Loss from Age-Related Eye Disease
This chapter describes the primary causes of low vision in older adults from age-related eye diseases and conditions. This information will help the OT understand the types of age-related eye disease and conditions that may cause permanent vision impairment in their older clients and how they affect visual performance and may interfere with occupational performance.
4. Vision Loss from Neurological Conditions
This chapter describes vision impairment in older adults from three common neurological diseases and conditions: Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, and stroke. This information will help the OT understand the visual changes that may cause permanent vision impairment in their clients and how they affect visual performance and may interfere with occupational performance.
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