Sight Loss: The Essential Guide - Couverture souple

Chitty, Antonia; Dawson, Victoria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 186144091X ISBN 13 : 9781861440914

Editeur : Need2Know, 2010

Synopsis

Sight loss affects 1.8 million people in the UK. This practical guide explains the causes of sight loss and focus on help and practical tips to make every day life easier. Sight Loss: The Essential Guide follows RNIB guidelines on font and layout to make it accessible for partially sighted people but it will also contain helpful advice for carers and families of partially sighted or blind people. Age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts and diabetes-related eye disease will all be covered in detail, the causes, detection, treatment and advice for carers will be explained in an easy-to-understand way. The book will also provide information on which eyesight professionals you will meet, how to cope emotionally and where to get support, reassuring the reader of what to expect during, what can be, a problematic and confusing time. Mobility, adapting your home and financial help will be covered making this practical guide invaluable for anyone who is concerned about their own, or a family member's, sight loss. Authors: Antonia Chitty and Victoria Dawson

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Antonia Chitty is an experienced author and journalist. Antonia has worked in the field of visual impairment and trained as an optometrist. She worked on sight loss prevention for RNIB before becoming a journalist writing health features for Which? magazine. She now writes on health, business and parenting. Victoria dawson is a qualified teacher who has worked with children with special needs and their families for the last 10 years. She has worked with children and young adults with visual impairments. She holds a Post graduate diploma in Special and Inclusive Education, and has a special interest in sleep difficulties.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Sight loss affects 1.8 million people in the UK, and 64% of blind and 66% of partially sighted people are aged 75 or over. This practical guide explains the causes of sight loss for all ages, and focuses on help for people and gives practical tips to make life easier. Whether you are someone with sight loss or a professional who supports people, this book will give you a good knowledge of the condition plus information on how to find your way round the systems and obtain help.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Need2Know
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 186144091X
• ISBN 13: 9781861440914
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120