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As our population ages, the incidence of patients with impaired vision increases, and the cost of caring for them is rising yearly. The impact of low vision on patients and their families is not only economic but also social, due to the significant increase in depression associated with vision loss. Awareness that patients with impaired vision have trouble managing their household duties, maintaining social contacts, and keeping physically active can lead the ophthalmologist to work cooperatively with other healthcare providers and to make appropriate referrals for occupational, physical, and psychological rehabilitation, improving quality of life and avoiding costly institutional care.
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Doyle, J., Sterns, G.K. (2019). Low Vision: When Vision Fails. In: Beaver, H., Lee, A. (eds) Geriatric Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04019-2_7
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