Sensory impairment impacts over 55% of Americans aged 60 years or older and may have important downstream consequences for the cognitive health of older adults. This session will present evidence for a relationship between sensory impairment and accelerated cognitive decline, increased risk of incident ...
“If the prevalence of visual impairment doesn’t continue to decline, there will be a massive increase in utilization of eye care services, driven by the expansion of the older population. Furthermore, it’s anticipated that as population aging continues, workforce shortages may arise within the...
Dementia and risk of visual impairment in Chinese older adults Introduction Dementia is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a progressive decline of memory and cognitive function1,2,3, and is recognized by the World Health Organization as a global public health priority4. Alzheimer’s disease...
Define Vision impairment. Vision impairment synonyms, Vision impairment pronunciation, Vision impairment translation, English dictionary definition of Vision impairment. Noun 1. visual impairment - impairment of the sense of sight vision defect, visual d
2011;68(2):214-22021320988ArticlePubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref Evolving Insights About the Impact of Sensory Deficits in the ElderlyComment on “The Prevalence of Concurrent Hearing and Vision Impairment in the United States” and “Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults” JAMA Internal ...
Vision impairments are a major contributor of physical and mental functionality (Branch, Horowitz, & Carr, 1989) and a strong predictor of future functional decline among older adults (Brennan, Horowitz, & Su, 2005). Specific age-related changes in vision include a higher sensitivity to glare ...
Purpose To examine whether vision impairment and eye diseases are independently associated with memory decline in older adults. Design Cohort study. Methods We included 8315 participants aged 50-94 years in China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from China and 8939 participants aged ...
Unexplained falls in older adults are thought to arise from subtle deficits in multiple components of the postural control system, including peripheral sensory loss and central sensory processing. One commonly proposed central sensory processing deficit is a decline in the adaptive use of changing or ...
Eye (2017) 31, 395–405; doi:10.1038/eye.2016.219; published online 4 November 2016 Introduction Glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are the leading causes of poor vision- specific functioning and irreversible blindness in adults 40 years and older.1–4 It is expected that the...
older adults isolated. They are no longer getting the physical or social activity they once had. But being socially andphysically active is good for cognitive health. When the brain isn’t getting that stimulation anymore, it can increase feelings of isolation and cause a decline in brain ...