1st Edition

Day Brought Back My Night Aging and New Vision Loss

By Stephen Charles Ainlay Copyright 1989
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1989, Day Brought Back My Night explores the lives of people who have lost sight in late life as a result of age-related visual disorders. As life-expectancy in western society has increased, the number of people who fall into this group has grown, yet little had been written on this plight. This major study filled the gap in the literature, and will still be of great value... Read more
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Aging and Vision Loss 2. Contending with the Advent of Vision Loss 3. Changing Relationships with Others 4. Managing Discontinuities of Age-Related Vision Loss 5. Maintaining Self and Reality in Late Life. Appendix 1: Methods of Procedure. Appendix 2: Rethinking Traditional Theories of Identity, Aging, and Vision Loss. Bibliography. Index.

Biography

Stephen Ainlay, President Emeritus, Union College, New York, USA