Main description:

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.

Contents:

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.