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Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics Volume 26, 2007 - Issue 2
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Low Vision: A Preliminary Exploration of Its Impact on the Daily Lives of Older Women and Perceived Constraints to Service Use

Janna MacLachlan Government of Nunavut, PO Box 4171, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, X0A 1H0 [email protected]; School of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario
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Debbie Laliberte Rudman School of Occupational Therapy; Occupational Science Field, Graduate Program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Elborn College, 1201 Western Road, London, Ontario, Canada, N6G 1H1 [email protected]
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Lisa Klinger School of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, Elborn College, 1201 Western Road, London, Ontario, Canada, N6G 1H1 [email protected]View further author information
Pages 43-62 | Received 14 Dec 2007, Accepted 01 May 2007, Published online: 28 Jul 2009

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Rachel L. Partner & Kathleen Weissberg. (2018) Enhancing Interprofessional Rehabilitation Team Competence through Low Vision Continuing Education. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics 36:1, pages 1-13.
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Colleen McGrath, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Barry Trentham, Jan Polgar & Marlee M. Spafford. (2017) Reshaping understandings of disability associated with age-related vision loss (ARVL): incorporating critical disability perspectives into research and practice. Disability and Rehabilitation 39:19, pages 1990-1998.
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Colleen McGrath, Kiranpreet Sidhu & Harpreet Mahl. (2017) Interventions that Facilitate the Occupational Engagement of Older Adults with Age-Related Vision Loss: Findings from a Scoping Review. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics 35:1, pages 3-19.
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Colleen McGrath & Carri Hand. (2021) Engagement in the social context of the neighbourhood: A critical ethnographic study of older adults with age-related vision loss. Wellbeing, Space and Society 2, pages 100041.
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Yuser Qutishat, Sami Shublaq, Maisaa Masoud & Nasim Alnuman. (2020) Low Vision Profile in Jordan: A Vision Rehabilitation Center-Based Study. Healthcare 9:1, pages 20.
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Kitsum Li, Jeffrey Kou, Yvonne Lam, Patricia Lyons & Susan Nguyen. (2019) First-Time Experience in Owning a Dog Guide by Older Adults with Vision Loss. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 113:5, pages 452-463.
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Colleen E. McGrath & Ann Marie Corrado. (2019) Adaptations to support occupational engagement with age-related vision loss: A metasynthesis study. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, pages 000841741983442.
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Colleen McGrath, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Marlee Spafford, Barry Trentham & Jan Polgar. (2017) The Environmental Production of Disability for Seniors with Age-Related Vision Loss. Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 36:1, pages 55-66.
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Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Deborah Gold, Colleen McGrath, Biljana Zuvela, Marlee M. Spafford & Rebecca Renwick. (2016) “Why would I want to go out?”: Age-related Vision Loss and Social Participation. Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 35:4, pages 465-478.
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Colleen McGrath, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Jan Polgar, Marlee M. Spafford & Barry Trentham. (2016) Negotiating ‘positive’ aging in the presence of age-related vision loss (ARVL): The shaping and perpetuation of disability. Journal of Aging Studies 39, pages 1-10.
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Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Mary Y. Egan, Colleen E. McGrath, Dorothy Kessler, Paula Gardner, Judy King & Christine Ceci. (2016) Low Vision Rehabilitation, Age-Related Vision Loss, and Risk: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis: Table 1.. The Gerontologist 56:3, pages e32-e45.
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Norris Lam & Susan J. Leat. (2015) Reprint of: Barriers to accessing low-vision care: the patient’s perspective. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 50, pages S34-S39.
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Norris Lam & Susan J. Leat. (2013) Barriers to accessing low-vision care: the patient’s perspective. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 48:6, pages 458-462.
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Colleen E McGrath & Debbie Laliberte Rudman. (2013) Factors That Influence the Occupational Engagement of Older Adults with Low Vision: A Scoping Review. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 76:5, pages 234-241.
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Marlee M. SpaffordDebbie Laliberte Rudman, Beverly D. Leipert, Lisa Klinger & Suzanne Huot. (2009) When Self-Presentation Trumps Access: Why Older Adults With Low Vision Go Without Low-Vision Services. Journal of Applied Gerontology 29:5, pages 579-602.
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Deborah Laliberte Rudman & Michelle Durdle. (2008) Living with Fear: The Lived Experience of Community Mobility among Older Adults with Low Vision. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 17:1, pages 106-122.
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