Psychological Factors in Casework with Blind Older Persons


 

Publication Date: March 1957

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Helen Lokshin

Research Area: Health; Social conditions

Keywords: Elderly; Disability; Health; Psychology

Type: Report

Coverage: New York

Abstract:

The author discusses the psychological and emotional effects of age-related blindness, including implications for diagnosis, treatment and social work services. The author illustrates these points with cases from her agency, Beth El Hospital of Brooklyn, NY.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. by Sanford Sherman, v.33, no.3, Spring 1957, p.321-327.