1. Hearing and Vision Care for Older Adults.
- Author
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Whitson, Heather E. and Lin, Frank R.
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MEDICARE , *DEAFNESS , *HEARING disorders , *EYE care , *MEDICAL care for older people , *OLD age assistance - Abstract
The authors discuss the need to update medicare policy for hearing and vision care for older adults in the U.S. Topics discussed include Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Gus Bilirakis' introduction of a bill for a 5-year demonstration project to provide usable and medically necessary low-vision devices to Medicare beneficiaries and the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council's workshop on the hearing loss effect in healthy aging.
- Published
- 2014
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