Exploring functional disability in older adults with low vision

Abstract: This article reports on a study that explored the prevalence and predictors of functional disability that are due to visual problems as opposed to functional disability that is due to other health problems. It also discusses the implications for psychosocial and rehabilitative interventions that target different types of disability. The authors thank Jennifer A. Katz, visiting assistant professor of psychology at SUNY College at Geneseo, Geneseo, New York, for assistance in the statistical analyses portion of this project. Age-related visual impairment has been consistently identified as an independent predictor of significant functional impairment for older adults living in the community (Verbrugge & Patrick, 1995). In both cross