Many people experience loss of vision as they grow older. If your loved one can’t see well or becomes completely blind, there are steps you can take to improve their quality of life and wellbeing and reduce potential risks.
Elder One Stop has provided a great article about coping with vision loss. Some of their tips are:
- Be patient. Vision blindness can cause frustration, confusion and anger. These feelings are natural, so try to help your loved one become accepting of their loss of vision and perhaps encourage involvement in a support group.
- Make the home safer by moving furniture to make walking and finding things easier, clearing clutter and painting doorways a different colour to the walls to make them stand out. However, discuss all changes with your loved one first.
- Program your loved one’s speed dial on the phone so that emergency and commonly used numbers can be dialled at the touch of a button.
- Put raised, adhesive-backed buttons onto certain numbers of the phone, microwave and remote control to help your loved one identify buttons by touch. There are many more great tools for blind people.
The primary aim should be to increase independence, self-confidence and acceptance and reduce danger for your loved one. A few small changes make a big difference!
Read the full article HERE.
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