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What's dementia got to do with my eyesight? Part Two
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Mar 31, 2020 11:00 AM

Description
Part two of this two part webinar series, discussing eyesight and dementia with Dr Marianne Coleman Research Orthoptist at the University of Surrey. People living with dementia can experience unique difficulties when trying to cope with problems with their eyesight, and are at greater risk of treatable sight loss. such as cataract (cloudy lens inside the eye) and out of date spectacles. Anecdotally, people living with dementia can experience problems with judging distances, which can increase their risk of trips and falls. This can occur as part of dementia because the eyes and the brain must work together closely to produce our view of the world. Problems with judging distances are described as being common in dementia, but actually there's little research exploring how people living with dementia see, and whether this changes as dementia progresses. Should every person living with dementia have a sight test when they get diagnosed and every year after? What changes in eyesight should eyecare professionals be on the look out for? What are some dementia-friendly ways of testing eyesight? In part two of this webinar series, Marianne will present her research, funded by Fight for Sight and the Royal Society of Medicine, to try and address some of these questions. Don't worry, if you missed Part One - you can catch-up here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/midday-lecture-webinar-omnibus-what-happens-to-your-eyes-are-you-get-older-by-dr-marianne-coleman/