Proceedings of: Workshop on Improving Building Design for Persons with Low Vision

Cognition and Emotional States

I think given the time limit, you can scroll ahead, because I want to make a particular point about – let me just say one thing is that depression is also a problem with this group (slide 53). Thirty percent of people with low vision have clinically significant depression and they become isolated and don’t go out. A lot of this is related to fear of falling (slide 55), not getting outside the home. Life space shrinks down to very few social interactions.