title: Delivery of optometric care in nontraditional settings: the long-term care facility.
abstract: The changing demographics of our population dictate that in the future optometrists will care for increasing numbers of older patients. Significant numbers of these elders will reside in long-term care facilities. Optometry curricula have begun to respond to this need by training students currently enrolled in colleges of optometry to provide eye care in the nursing home setting.
authors.affiliation: Gottlieb Vision Group, Stone Mountain, Georgia.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Mancil
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000407:Alabama; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D006266:Health Education / Q000639:trends; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000639:trends; D009907:Optometry; D014481:United States