title: Development of the Environmental Observation scale for the Visual Impaired.
abstract: In order to raise awareness of professional care, an Environmental Observation scale for the Visual Impaired (EOVI) was developed. It is the purpose of this tool that professional caregivers learn to observe the nursing home environment and consequently propose and discuss potential changes in the short and long term. The mean time of filling out the EOVI in eight wards of a nursing home by two student researchers was 17 minutes (min mean 12, max mean 22,5). All of 10 optometry students reported that the EOVI changed their awareness.
authors: Utrecht University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors: Marianne
authors: M
authors: Sinoo
authors: Utrecht University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors: Helianthe
authors: H
authors: Kort
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D009735:Nursing Homes; D019370:Observation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011788:Quality of Life; D019987:Persons with Visual Disabilities