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Adaptation to Chronic Vision Impairment

Does African American or Caucasian Race Make a Difference?

Bowie State University

Joann P. Reinhardt

Lighthouse International

Dolores Benn

Lighthouse International

The purpose of this research was to determine whether race had a significant, unique impact on adaptation to a common late-life impairment, age-related vision loss, after accounting for sociodemographic, health, functional disability, and personal and social resource variables. Older visually impaired African American (n = 61) and Caucasian (n = 488) applicants for vision rehabilitation service were interviewed in their homes. The results demonstrated that race accounted for unique variability in the domain-specific indicator of adaptation to age-related vision loss. The results support the importance of further work examining race differences in adaptation to specific chronic impairments in later life.

Key Words: vision impairment • race differences • adaptation

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