Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Vision impairment
• Presbyopia: age-related change to the
lens of the eye
• Typically results in correctable farsightedness
• More serious disorders include cataracts,
glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular
degeneration
• Age is a major factor in the development of
cateracts
• Places patients at high risk for falls
Age-Related Sensory Deficit (cont’d)