title: Visual impairment in older people: the nurse's role.
abstract: This article provides an overview of the role of the nurse in the treatment and management of several common ocular conditions that cause visual impairment in older people.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Thames Valley University, London. sue.watkinson@tvu.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watkinson
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D015984:Causality; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015995:Prevalence; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015351:Vision Screening