title: My father's experience with macular degeneration: implications for the home healthcare nurse.
abstract: Macular degeneration has become a problem of substantial proportions for older adults. This article can help the home health nurse gain a greater understanding of macular degeneration and therefore be more effective in the home setting. The addition of vision rehabilitation also can prolong older adults' independent years and enhance their satisfaction with life. Using Parse's human-becoming theory as a theoretical framework, the home health nurse can coparticipate in the older adult's experience of living and thus enhance the probability that the last years will be a rewarding time of life.
authors.affiliation: Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, USA. maryleeschex@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schexnaydre
authors.forename: Ann K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Carruth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000534:rehabilitation