Pris Rogers, Author at ConnectCenter

Transportation— A Critical Need for Older People who are Blind or Low Vision

Posted on April 26, 2023 - 10:04 am by Pris Rogers

Person boarding paratransit bus using white cane

Editor’s note: This post is another in our series related to Older Americans Month. Transportation remains an ongoing problem for people who are blind or low vision people, and this post lays out some of the efforts underway to increase accessibility. Guidance Documents on Making Transportation More Accessible Recently, Neva Fairchild, National Aging and Vision […]

Move Your Way to Better Health and Well-Being

by Audrey Demmitt, R.N. We have become a sedentary society as we engage more with technology and less with physical labor. Healthcare professionals say sitting is the new smoking! Physical inactivity is causing heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and other chronic health conditions at alarming rates. Our bodies need to move and stretch to maintain physical […]

Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Adults and Their Relationship to Vision Loss

Person with hands pressed to their chin appears pensive and sad

by Alberta L. Orr, MSW Loneliness and social isolation are growing public health concerns in our aging society. In fact, loneliness and social isolation are international public health concerns that particularly affect the aging society globally (Fakoya et al., 2020; Campaign to End Loneliness, 2013). Toward the end of the 20th century, the importance of […]

Social Determinants of Health: Their Relation to Vision and Aging

Older person smiles with nurse in the background

Consider typical concerns throughout your life. You worry about where to live, how to pay your bills, your health and medical bills, receiving an adequate education, and remaining socially connected. Reflect on how these concerns will affect you as you grow older and begin to experience health issues. These considerations form the basis of this […]

Big Data is a Big Deal for Older People Who Are Blind or Low Vision

Close-up of older person holding a support cane

As a part of the Aging and Vision Loss National Coalition initiatives, big data regarding people aged 65+ in the United States was utilized to study older Americans and vision loss in a collaboration between VisionServe Alliance (VSA) and The Ohio State University College of Optometry. In November 2021, the two organizations embarked on a […]

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