Having Correctly Prescribed Glasses Improves Quality of Life
Studies have shown that nursing home residents in the United States and other industrialized countries have rates of vision problems that are 3 to 15 times higher than community-dwelling older adults. About one-third of these vision problems can be attributed to improperly prescribed glasses. Dr. Cynthia Owsley of the University of Alabama wondered if improving [...]
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Posted December 15, 2009 by Peter Delahunt under InSight, Odds and Ends, Research studies
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