Hill, James. "Consider Nursing Home Optometry as Practice Option: Increasing Elderly Population and Disease Incidence Means More Need for Care." Optometry Times, vol. 9, no. 5, May 2017, pp. 18-21. EBSCOhost,proxygsu-sfor.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=122965910&site=eds-live&scope=site.
This article written by James Hill describes an unaddressed problem in the optometry field. Patients who are in nursing homes or elderly care have more risk of diseases and eye complications requiring them to have special attention. It talks about the best ways to accommodate these patients and give them the best diagnosis. "Providing optometric care in this setting requires mobile equipment...."(pg.19) For example, Optometrists can’t take all the refraction and phoropter equipment, so they may just bring the slides with prescriptions in them.
Some quotes that may be useful for my research and essential question are included in the writing. “The elderly population is growing at an astounding rate compared to 50 and 100 years ago.” (pg.17)"Treating uncorrected refractive error and management of undiagnosed eye disease can reduce symptoms of depression and delay onset of Alzheimer’s and other dementialike diseases." (pg.18) "It is much cheaper for facilities to provide optometric services inhouse than to coordinate transportation for outside eye care."(pg.18) "Providing optometric care in this setting requires mobile equipment...."(pg.19) “With increasing age the incidence of eye disease increases.” (pg.18) “The three leading causes of visual impairment in the U.S. in the adult and aging adult population are diabetes, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration.” (pg.18)
James Hill is a licensed O.D., and he has multiple references leaving him as a reliable source to use for my research. His article can be found on Galileo’s website and in Optometry Times, which is a reputable medical magazine. It is up to date and was published within the past year.
This article is the perfect addition to add to my research. It adds an additional view that I did not contemplate before looking into more information for my essential question. I did not consider all age ranges and needs of possible patients. It was helpful in providing additional facts and visual aids to describe the need for a greater optometry presence for elderly people. My essential question asks: How can the optometry field be improved to provide better patient care and diagnosis? This gives some of the best tips to improve the care provided to patients in nursing homes.
This article written by James Hill describes an unaddressed problem in the optometry field. Patients who are in nursing homes or elderly care have more risk of diseases and eye complications requiring them to have special attention. It talks about the best ways to accommodate these patients and give them the best diagnosis. "Providing optometric care in this setting requires mobile equipment...."(pg.19) For example, Optometrists can’t take all the refraction and phoropter equipment, so they may just bring the slides with prescriptions in them.
Some quotes that may be useful for my research and essential question are included in the writing. “The elderly population is growing at an astounding rate compared to 50 and 100 years ago.” (pg.17)"Treating uncorrected refractive error and management of undiagnosed eye disease can reduce symptoms of depression and delay onset of Alzheimer’s and other dementialike diseases." (pg.18) "It is much cheaper for facilities to provide optometric services inhouse than to coordinate transportation for outside eye care."(pg.18) "Providing optometric care in this setting requires mobile equipment...."(pg.19) “With increasing age the incidence of eye disease increases.” (pg.18) “The three leading causes of visual impairment in the U.S. in the adult and aging adult population are diabetes, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration.” (pg.18)
James Hill is a licensed O.D., and he has multiple references leaving him as a reliable source to use for my research. His article can be found on Galileo’s website and in Optometry Times, which is a reputable medical magazine. It is up to date and was published within the past year.
This article is the perfect addition to add to my research. It adds an additional view that I did not contemplate before looking into more information for my essential question. I did not consider all age ranges and needs of possible patients. It was helpful in providing additional facts and visual aids to describe the need for a greater optometry presence for elderly people. My essential question asks: How can the optometry field be improved to provide better patient care and diagnosis? This gives some of the best tips to improve the care provided to patients in nursing homes.