When Macular degeneration has changed a life. A practical guide to give strategies for dealing with visual loss. This book explains a new way of understanding blindness, our number one fear in life. Why family and friends are critical to adaptation. Have fun as you step by step discover the secrets and get your loved one back to a life worth living. It explains a new way of understanding blindness later in life, containing information you will not hear from a GP or eye clinic. Discover the secrets to get your loved one back to a life worth living, and why the help of family and friends is critical to adaptation.
Table of Content
PART ONE
CHAPTER 1:
Introduction: How This Book Works
CHAPTER 2:
What Is Macular Degeneration?
CHAPTER 3:
Your VIP’s Reaction To Losing Vision
CHAPTER 4:
How MD Returns You To Childhood: The Physiological Effects Of Vision Loss
CHAPTER 5:
The Final Piece Of The Puzzle (Toddler Syndrome Part 3)
CHAPTER 6:
The VIP As An Individual, Not Just A Pair Of Eyeballs
PART TWO
CHAPTER 7:
What Your VIP Needs From You As A Coach/Carer
CHAPTER 8:
What You Need As A Coach
CHAPTER 9:
Letter To Your VIP
CHAPTER 10:
Making The Most Of Existing Vision
CHAPTER 11:
LVA Practitioners
CHAPTER 12:
Benefits And Charities
PART THREE
CHAPTER 13:
Around The Home
CHAPTER 14:
Technology
CHAPTER 15:
Personal Presentation And Grooming
CHAPTER 16:
Getting About Part 1:On Foot
CHAPTER 17:
Getting About Part 2:Public Transport
CHAPTER 18:
Shopping
CHAPTER 19:
Regaining A Social Life
About the author
Paul Wallis an optometrist has worked with blind and partially sighted people since starting hiscareer at Moorfi elds eye hospital London. His practice in Dorset has twice won an Optician’s eye care award, the optical equivalent of an Oscar. He lives in Dorset with his wife and three chickens.
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