Nicole Kear gives a great account of adjusting to vision loss from the standpoint of slow loss over many years. She has RP (Retinitis Pigmentosa) and lives in a small apartment with her husband and young children. Her final summing up of how to live with vision loss is particularly good. She loved her vision […]
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Yesterday September 30 2014 OptumRX, the mail order pharmacy for some large insurance companies including United Health Care, announced that it is beginning the roll out of the ScriptTalk medication label reader. (Check the photo above and the original post below.) ScripTalk is the premier talking medication label device. As well as the full details […]
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After Walgreens pharmacies launched a new Talking Pill Reminder last month, here is the first of two blog posts about talking labels on your medications. This post tells you about the pharmacies that supply talking prescription devices and the pharmacies that do not. And next week’s post will describe the advantages and drawbacks of the […]
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Your fingers and hands have so many jobs to do now that your sight is not so good, or gone altogether. Maybe you’ve never realized how many other parts and functions besides pointing and grasping your wonderful hands have. Landing gear: Your pinkie pointing out and down as you start to land your glass on […]
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Vision Loss and Personal Recovery welcomes its first guest blogger DeAnn Elliott DeAnn shares important information for seniors who may think they’re confused, but maybe it’s not that at all… Out of Sight, Out of Mind It happened again this morning. My teenager told me that I’d left the cream cheese in front of the toaster, instead of putting […]
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Or maybe it’s your fingers that will get the most satisfaction! All the plants here can be grown successfully in tubs, pots or window-boxes. They are also sturdy and can be cared for without seeing them. Pleasing your fingers Your hands and fingers will be doing a lot of the work with not much […]
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Gardening is supposed to be a pleasure, but not when you are new to blindness. I once weeded up an entire row of my father’s newly planted carrots. While you are beginning to adjust you may need to rest up some of the time. Being a couch potato can be depressing, but sitting on the […]
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How’s your bruise Collection? Do you bang into things even at home, and feel nervous approaching the top step? Are you leaving everything the way it was before, or changing the décor to make best use of your remaining sight? Do you have little sight now or none, and wonder if there is a better […]
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It’s still winter here! We all want hot food. Maybe you’d love to make a nourishing soup or a big breakfast for yourself or your family. At the Carroll Center we have clients arriving every couple of weeks who haven’t cooked for several years. They feel – or their families feel – that cooking isn’t […]
Read more "Learning to Cook with Little or No Sight: Three Cooking Appliances to Start You on Your Way"It can be wonderful – while you are coping with sight loss – to have your partner or daughter take care of things. Someone to make your meals, put away your laundry, and tidy your dresser. Someone to make the decisions and give you time to grieve. But it’s not a good thing after the […]
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