Title

When the Challenges of Aging and Visual Impairment Collide: Working Together to Build a Toolbox of Rehab Ideas of Best Care for Older Adults

Creator

Regula H. Robnett, University of New EnglandFollow
Kathy Clarrage, State of Maine

Files

Description

Workshop/presentation by Regi Robnett, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, professor in the UNE Department of Occupational Therapy and Kathy Clarrage, COMS, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the State of Maine. Given at the North East Chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind and Visually Impaired (NEAER) conference, this presentation encouraged health care providers to work as a team to care for older, visually impaired adults. The professional audience included orientation and mobility specialists, vision rehabilitation therapists, low vision specialists, administrators in the field of blindness, social workers in the field of blindness and vocational rehabilitation counselors.

Publication Date

11-16-2016

Disciplines

Geriatrics | Occupational Therapy | Ophthalmology | Optometry

Notes

Notes from the presentation slides and a references list are included at the end of the document.

Preferred Citation

Robnett, Regula H. and Clarrage, Kathy, "When the Challenges of Aging and Visual Impairment Collide: Working Together to Build a Toolbox of Rehab Ideas of Best Care for Older Adults" (2016). Occupational Therapy Faculty Presentations. 1.
https://dune.une.edu/ot_facpres/1