Geriatric Ophthalmology A Competency-based Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lee, Andrew G. (Editor), Beaver, Hilary A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2010.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b137372

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:

• 1. Scope of the problem and demographic shift in population
• 2. Refractive error in the geriatric population
• 3. Cataracts and cataract surgery
• 4. Glaucoma in the elderly
• 5. Diabetic retinopathy and its management
• 6. Age-related macular degeneration and its management
• 7. Low vision: when vision fails
• 8. Visual loss and depression
• 9. Visual loss and dementia
• 10. Visual loss and hearing loss
• 11. Visual loss and falls
• 12. Elder abuse
• 13. Functional impairment and visual loss
• 14. The research agenda-setting process
• 15. Screening for co-morbidities
• 17. Refer co-morbidities.