Memory Loss, Dementia, and Stroke: Implications for Rehabilitation of Older Adults with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Empowering Individuals with Aphasia and Visual Impairments through Effective Communication

“…The PHAC report indicated that in 2009 ap proximately 315,000 Canadians were living with the consequences of strokes (PHAC, 2011). Consequences of strokes may include hemiplegia, reduced cognition and emotional control, difficulty with language (aphasia), and visual impairment, to list a few of the impairments and disabilities that may occur (Warren, 2008). To address the needs of individuals with language impairments re sulting from strokes, there is a need for low vision rehabilitation professionals (op tometrists, ophthalmologists, low vision therapists, high technology assessors, ori entation and mobility instructors, rehabili tation counsellors, independent living skills teachers, and occupational and physical therapists) to become familiar with the im pact of neurological events on an individu al's ability to communicate.…”