Geriatric Ophthalmology A Competency-based Approach [Paperback]

As the Baby Boom generation ages, an increased need for geriatric specialty care becomes particularly important. This shift will especially affect ophthalmology, as the occurrence of common visual disorders such as cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy increases with age. This book anticipates this pending and inevitable demographic shift and fulfills the need for a practical, bread-and-butter approach to Geriatric Ophthalmology.

Geriatric Ophthalmology provides the framework to increase awareness and encourage expertise of geriatric issues among eye care professionals. This practical approach covers diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma and low vision.

As the Baby Boom generation ages, an increased need for geriatric specialty care becomes particularly important. This shift will especially affect ophthalmology, as the occurrence of common visual disorders such as cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy increases with age. This book anticipates this pending and inevitable demographic shift and fulfills the need for a practical, bread-and-butter approach to Geriatric Ophthalmology.

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.

Andrew G. Lee, M.D. is a graduate of the University of Virginia undergraduate school and tl³*