Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind: Personal and Professionals Perspectives on Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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In Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind , 93-year old Lindy Bergman illustrates the ways in which life with low vision can be lived with independence, dignity, and personal satisfaction. Also included are highly informative chapters, written by world-renowned experts from The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired. These chapters encompass the latest information about the causes and treatment of AMD; concise and informative overviews of the effects of aging on vision, the emotional and psychological components of vision loss, and the integration of the individual’s psychological recovery into low vision service delivery; and a cutting-edge model of rehabilitation that meets the challenges of service provision today.

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Table of Contents:
Gaining a sense of AMD
Look at it this way
Keeping your body as healthy as your mind
Life with less vision, and how to move forward
Consider the family
A note to loved ones
Vision and aging : general and clinical perspectives / Alfred A. Rosenbloom
Age-related macular degeneration : causes and current medical perspectives / Gerald Allen Fishman
Emotional and psychological reactions to age-related macular degeneration / David Rakofsky
The low vision eye exam : what to expect / Kara Crumbliss
Integrating low vision rehabilitation and assistive technology / Thomas Perski
The importance of research in low vision / Patricia Grant

Table of Contents:
Gaining a sense of AMD
Look at it this way
Keeping your body as healthy as your mind
Life with less vision, and how to move forward
Consider the family
A note to loved ones
Vision and aging : general and clinical perspectives / Alfred A. Rosenbloom
Age-related macular degeneration : causes and current medical perspectives / Gerald Allen Fishman
Emotional and psychological reactions to age-related macular degeneration / David Rakofsky
The low vision eye exam : what to expect / Kara Crumbliss
Integrating low vision rehabilitation and assistive technology / Thomas Perski
The importance of research in low vision / Patricia Grant

Table of Contents:
Gaining a sense of AMD
Look at it this way
Keeping your body as healthy as your mind
Life with less vision, and how to move forward
Consider the family
A note to loved ones
Vision and aging : general and clinical perspectives / Alfred A. Rosenbloom
Age-related macular degeneration : causes and current medical perspectives / Gerald Allen Fishman
Emotional and psychological reactions to age-related macular degeneration / David Rakofsky
The low vision eye exam : what to expect / Kara Crumbliss
Integrating low vision rehabilitation and assistive technology / Thomas Perski
The importance of research in low vision / Patricia Grant

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Publication Date:2011