Project VISA -- Meeting the Needs of the Visually Impaired Senior Adult


 

Publication Date: September 1980

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Mary Belkin

Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions

Keywords: Social Services; Elderly; Disability

Type: Report

Coverage: New York United States

Abstract:

This paper describes a model demonstration project to provide community-based services to blind and visually impaired senior adults. Services provided include: transportation; integration into on-going senior center activities; information and referral; shopping assistance; glaucoma screening; and group activities such as newspaper reading, weaving and discussions.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.57 no.1, Fall 1980.