Multidisciplinary rehabilitation and monodisciplinary rehabilitation for visually impaired adults

Current Perspectives in Low Vision and its Management

“…Some important considerations to be kept in mind while prescribing LVAs are the ease of use, frequency of use, patient satisfaction, physical comfort, weight, cosmesis and cost. Success in using an LVA may also be dependent on a person's needs and the training received, as well as other components of a multidisciplinary lowvision rehabilitation approach [31]. Patients with central scotoma can be taught to ignore the scotoma and view eccentrically.…”

Current Perspectives in Low Vision and its Management

“…Some important considerations to be kept in mind while prescribing LVAs are the ease of use, frequency of use, patient satisfaction, physical comfort, weight, cosmesis and cost. Success in using an LVA may also be dependent on a person's needs and the training received, as well as other components of a multidisciplinary lowvision rehabilitation approach [31]. Patients with central scotoma can be taught to ignore the scotoma and view eccentrically.…”

Reading aids for adults with low vision

“…Other considerations that are important to patients are physical comfort, weight, cosmesis and cost. Success in using an LVA may also be dependent on a person's needs and the training received, as well as other components of a multidisciplinary low-vision rehabilitation approach (Langelaan 2007). …”

“…Quality-of-life measures were available in only one study that was retrieved. We acknowledge that our reviewis a partial investigation of the needs of people with low vision, and that another Cochrane review currently underway will include studies using multidisciplinary or monodisciplinary rehabilitation for adults with low vision, with qualityof-life as the primary outcome (Langelaan 2007).…”

“…Several training techniques are employed, often using both office- and home-based exercises with the device for a few hours in different sessions. Overall, modern rehabilitation services tend to be provided by multidisciplinary services (Langelaan 2007). Besides prescription of LVAs and training on their use, especially focused on reading tasks, services can provide psychological support, home environmental assessment, and, for people of working age, social worker support.…”

Current Perspectives in Low Vision and its Management

“…Some important considerations to be kept in mind while prescribing LVAs are the ease of use, frequency of use, patient satisfaction, physical comfort, weight, cosmesis and cost. Success in using an LVA may also be dependent on a person's needs and the training received, as well as other components of a multidisciplinary lowvision rehabilitation approach [31]. Patients with central scotoma can be taught to ignore the scotoma and view eccentrically.…”

Reading aids for adults with low vision

“…Other considerations that are important to patients are physical comfort, weight, cosmesis and cost. Success in using an LVA may also be dependent on a person's needs and the training received, as well as other components of a multidisciplinary low-vision rehabilitation approach (Langelaan 2007). …”

“…Quality-of-life measures were available in only one study that was retrieved. We acknowledge that our reviewis a partial investigation of the needs of people with low vision, and that another Cochrane review currently underway will include studies using multidisciplinary or monodisciplinary rehabilitation for adults with low vision, with qualityof-life as the primary outcome (Langelaan 2007).…”

“…Several training techniques are employed, often using both office- and home-based exercises with the device for a few hours in different sessions. Overall, modern rehabilitation services tend to be provided by multidisciplinary services (Langelaan 2007). Besides prescription of LVAs and training on their use, especially focused on reading tasks, services can provide psychological support, home environmental assessment, and, for people of working age, social worker support.…”

Current Perspectives in Low Vision and its Management

“…Some important considerations to be kept in mind while prescribing LVAs are the ease of use, frequency of use, patient satisfaction, physical comfort, weight, cosmesis and cost. Success in using an LVA may also be dependent on a person's needs and the training received, as well as other components of a multidisciplinary lowvision rehabilitation approach [31]. Patients with central scotoma can be taught to ignore the scotoma and view eccentrically.…”

Reading aids for adults with low vision

“…Other considerations that are important to patients are physical comfort, weight, cosmesis and cost. Success in using an LVA may also be dependent on a person's needs and the training received, as well as other components of a multidisciplinary low-vision rehabilitation approach (Langelaan 2007). …”

“…Quality-of-life measures were available in only one study that was retrieved. We acknowledge that our reviewis a partial investigation of the needs of people with low vision, and that another Cochrane review currently underway will include studies using multidisciplinary or monodisciplinary rehabilitation for adults with low vision, with qualityof-life as the primary outcome (Langelaan 2007).…”

“…Several training techniques are employed, often using both office- and home-based exercises with the device for a few hours in different sessions. Overall, modern rehabilitation services tend to be provided by multidisciplinary services (Langelaan 2007). Besides prescription of LVAs and training on their use, especially focused on reading tasks, services can provide psychological support, home environmental assessment, and, for people of working age, social worker support.…”