Optimizing Evaluation of Older Adults With Vision and/or Hearing Loss Using the interRAI Community Health Assessment and Deafblind Supplement

Optimizing Evaluation of Older Adults With Vision and/or Hearing Loss Using the interRAI Community Health Assessment and Deafblind Supplement

Purpose: Service providers must identify and assess older adults who have concurrent vision and hearing loss, or dual sensory impairment (DSI). An assessment tool suitable for this purpose is the interRAI Community Health Assessment (CHA) and its Deafblind Supplement. This study's goal was to e...

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Main Authors: Andrea Urqueta Alfaro, Cathy McGraw, Dawn M. Guthrie, Walter Wittich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
Subjects:
deafblindness
hearing loss
vision loss
low vision
hard of hearing
dual sensory impairment (DSI)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fresc.2021.764022/full

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