Eyes on the workplace /

This report explores various aspects of work, aging, and vision, including relationships between visual changes with age and changes in behavior; the role of health status in leaving the work force; the effects of changes in vision on job skills; screening practices; the availability of visual prost...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cowen, Ron
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Vision, National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council (U.S.). Working Group on Aging Workers and Visual Impairment
Otros Autores: Sekuler, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press : Available from [the] Committee on Vision, 1988.
Temas:
Age and employment.
Vision disorders > Age factors.
Geriatric ophthalmology.
Vision.
Eye > Diseases.
Employment (Economic theory)
Work environment.
Older people.
Vision, Ocular
Aging > physiology
Eye Diseases
Employment
Visually Impaired Persons
Workplace
Aged
Troubles de la vision > Facteurs liés à l'âge.
Ophtalmologie gériatrique.
Œil > Maladies.
Emploi.
Milieu de travail.
Personnes âgées.
sight (sense)
employing.
workplace.
elderly.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • EYES ON THE WORKPLACE
  • Copyright
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Contents
  • PART 1
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART 2
  • THE AGING EYE
  • CHANGING EYESIGHT: SIGNIFICANCE FOR DAILY LIVING
  • CHANGES IN LIGHTING
  • LOOKING AT LIFE THROUGH CLOUDY GLASSES
  • CLUTTER
  • DRIVING
  • PART 3
  • IN THE WORKPLACE
  • VISION CARE ON THE JOB
  • A TALE OF TWO COMPANIES
  • More than Safety Glasses
  • Free Eye Care at a Small Company
  • Job Coding
  • BENEFITS OF COMPANY VISION CARE PROGRAMS
  • PART 4
  • REDESIGNING THE WORKPLACE
  • COLORING THE JOB
  • LIGHT AND GLAREON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE, RETRAINING, AND COMPENSATING FOR IMPAIRED VISION
  • PART 5
  • LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
  • WHAT DO COMPANIES WANT?
  • THE NEED FOR MORE INFORMATION
  • WHAT WE DO KNOW FROM STATISTICS
  • DRIVING AS A MODEL FOR WORKING
  • EFFORTS OF PRIVATE COMPANIES
  • SELECTED RESOURCES FOR VISION CARE
  • VICTORS: A Resource for Veterans
  • Job Network
  • An Index for Jobs
  • Remaining on the Job in New York City
  • Federally Sponsored Projects
  • Helping the Partially Sighted
  • Optometry Schools
  • CONCLUSION
  • ADDITIONAL READINGS

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