TY - JOUR
T1 - Living with low vision
T2 - Strategies supporting daily activity
AU - Smallfield, Stacy
AU - Berger, Sue
AU - Hillman, Brooke
AU - Saltzgaber, Paige
AU - Giger, Jarod
AU - Kaldenberg, Jennifer
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by a University of South Dakota Health Sciences Seed Grant. The authors would also like to acknowledge Kaitlin LaPlant, who assisted with minor editing of this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2017/10/18
Y1 - 2017/10/18
N2 - The purpose of this research was to describe the strategies that older adults with low vision use to support daily living. A descriptive qualitative study of 10 older adults with low vision was conducted using semistructured, audio-recorded interviews. The data was coded and grouped into categories, and the findings were summarized. Four major themes were identified: (a) device nonuse; (b) sensory strategies and devices; (c) environmental strategies; and (d) resourcefulness. Older adults with low vision try many devices and strategies to find the ones that allowthem to participate in meaningful activity within their physical and social environment. These findings support the use of a client-centered, multicomponent, problem-solving approach to low vision rehabilitation to maximize performance of daily activity despite declining vision.
AB - The purpose of this research was to describe the strategies that older adults with low vision use to support daily living. A descriptive qualitative study of 10 older adults with low vision was conducted using semistructured, audio-recorded interviews. The data was coded and grouped into categories, and the findings were summarized. Four major themes were identified: (a) device nonuse; (b) sensory strategies and devices; (c) environmental strategies; and (d) resourcefulness. Older adults with low vision try many devices and strategies to find the ones that allowthem to participate in meaningful activity within their physical and social environment. These findings support the use of a client-centered, multicomponent, problem-solving approach to low vision rehabilitation to maximize performance of daily activity despite declining vision.
KW - Assistive technology
KW - Environment
KW - Low vision
KW - Older adults
KW - Problem solving
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031749024&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07380577.2017.1384969
DO - 10.1080/07380577.2017.1384969
M3 - Article
C2 - 29043887
AN - SCOPUS:85031749024
SN - 0738-0577
VL - 31
SP - 312
EP - 328
JO - Occupational Therapy in Health Care
JF - Occupational Therapy in Health Care
IS - 4
ER -