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- Title: Collaborative Activities by State Older Blind Independent Living Programs (Research Reports)
- Author : Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
- Release Date : January 01, 2007
- Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 213 KB
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The need for greater collaboration between agencies that serve persons with disabilities and the aging network has been widely acknowledged by researchers and advocates who have recognized the emergence of a common and rapidly expanding consumer base, made up of older individuals who have aged with disabilities and those who have developed disabilities as a result of aging (Ansello, 1992, 2000; Crews, 1994, 2003; Orr & Rogers, 2006; Putnam, 2002, 2007; Torres-Gil & Pynoos, 1986). Whereas the need for and cost of long-term care services are expected to continue to rise over the next 40 years (Gonyea, 2005), service providers who are faced with ever-tightening budgets will need to strengthen their network bonds to enhance the flow of information and to ensure that scarce resources are used effectively. In particular, public and private agencies that serve older people who are visually impaired (that is, are blind or have low vision) under the Older Blind Independent Living program (Title VII, Chapter 2, of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended--hereafter, VII-2) may have much to gain by creating interactive relationships with agencies within the aging network. The unprecedented growth of the oldest demographic group portends a greater number of individuals who will acquire vision-related disabilities as they age (Crews, 1994). Lighthouse International (2005), a nonprofit advocacy, training, and research organization for people who are visually impaired, estimated that some 14.8 million Americans aged 65 and older will report some form of vision loss by 2030. Presumably, many of these individuals could benefit from vision rehabilitation services, in conjunction with other long-term-care services provided by the aging network.