title: Contact lenses for the graying American.
abstract: The 1960s were the time of civil rights, the 1970s emphasized women's rights. and the 1980s will embrance the rights of the aging. By then, the median age of the U.S. population will be over 30 and the fastest growing segment of the population will be the 24 or 44 year olds, who underpin the nation's economic growth. With fewer children and more working wives, contact lenses are affordable and attractive but these people are becoming presbyopic. Optometrists interested in contact lenses have liked to think of their patients as youthful so the graying of America will bring sweeping changes to the field. Mature patients deserve the improved vision and pleasure they can experience wearing contact lenses.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003261:Contact Lenses; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000628:therapy