Eyes on the Workplace (1988) / Chapter Skim
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Yet laboratory studies and on-the job experience suggest a variety of methods for retaining these people as productive members of the work force. Researchers have found that eye examinations which take into account the type of lighting and visual tasks encountered at work may be This section includes material presented at the conference by Richard Burkhauser, Pauline Robinson, Corinne Kirchner, Hilda Kahne, Joseph Maino, Ronald Wilson, Harold Sheppard, and Arnold Small.
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At present, however, efforts to extend the work life of older people with impaired vision may be most successful in those firms that recognize the economic advantage of retaining them. According to Pauline Robinson, formerly with the Andrus Gerontology Center, most surveys that seek to identify such firms reveal little, simply because the threat of an age discrimination suit makes companies reluctant to give unfavorable opinions about older workers.
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In addition to eyeglass attachments, there are hand-held and freestanding magnification instruments that aid in addressing envelopes, reading menus and fine print, and other close visual tasks. Closed-circuit television systems that magnify print, talking calculators, and large-print computers are other options in the workplace.
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Although it asked people who had "serious difficulty seeing or were blind" just one question whether or not they considered themselves handicapped the study was answered by a large number of people and provides detailed socioeconomic data. It is estimated that in 1976, 86 million Americans wore glasses and 800,000 were visually handicapped.
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The surveys indicated that visually impaired people tend to be concentrated in blue-collar jobs, such as laborer or service worker. But there is little information available on another measure that might be useful for developing more comprehensive vision screening programs in the workplace the age at which visual impairment begins.
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According to Joseph Maino, a VA optometrist who helped found the program, VICTORS helps keep veterans in the work force by making the best of their remaining vision, helping to modify work conditions or job tasks to match the veteran's abilities, and referring veterans to state or VA rehabilitation centers for further help. VICTORS does not duplicate services already offered at the VA's Blind Rehabilitation Centers; it offers help to veterans who typically have considerably more partial sight than someone who is legally blind.
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The Kansas City center has a residency program affiliated with the optometry school of the University of California at Berkeley. dote Network Many organizations help visually impaired workers and employers who want to hire or retain these workers.
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Laser cannot treat cataracts, but it may help disintegrate after-cataracts, remnants of the oval lens capsule, left in the eye after surgery. According to the National Eye Institute, 90 percent of cataract patients who undergo surgery report that they see better after the operation.
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These state groups, as well as nonprofit organizations like the Sensory Aids Foundation, may also provide free work-site consultations and counseling for the visually impaired worker. Since 1 96S, the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the federal government has funded Projects with Industry, a nationwide group of activities encouraging employment of the disabled.
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THE AGING EYE: A PERSONAL VIEW Having been interested in vision all my life, it has been natural for me to observe what happens as ~ have gotten older. ~ am certain that my adaptation to darkness is now poor, and ~ have data to confirm that.
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A firm may save considerable time and money in building and sustaining a productive work force through health care and employment policies in which vision care has been given a prominent role. Evidence suggests that much has already been done by some firms to meet the vision needs oftheir workers, but much more work lies ahead.
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1983 Making Life More Livable~imple Adaptations for the Homes of Blind and Visually Impaired Older People. New York: American Foundation for the Blind.
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CHRIS JOHNSON, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis HILDA KAHNE, Department of Economics, Wheaton College CORINNE KIRCHNER, Research Division, American Foundation for the Blind, New York DONALD KLINE, Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame* WILLIAM KOSNIK, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University ALAN LEVVIS, Department of Vision Sciences, State University of New York, State College of Optometry, New York JOSEPH MAINO, Eye-VICTORS Clinic, Kansas City VA Medical Center STEPHEN McCONNELL, Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate DAVID MICHAELS, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles*
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Member, Working Group on Aging Workers and Visual Impairment 44
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