Undetected visual impairment

“Undetected visual impairment” is a research collaboration where the researchers will investigate undetected visual impairment, and whether diagnostics and treatment of visual impairment can be optimized by using existing technology in new areas. The project has received research funding from the Regional Fund Interreg Öresund-Kattegatt-Skagerack.

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Identifying visual impairment at the right time means that fewer people have to live with the unnecessary consequences of visual impairment and thus receive earlier and better help. Early identification and treatment of visual impairment ensure increased function and independence as well as an increased well-being and quality of life for both people with visual impairment and their relatives.

The project Undetected visual impairment investigates undiagnosed visual impairment in the elderly in Öresund-Kattegatt-Skagerrak. There is a great need in the field for the development and testing of better innovative solutions for early identification and clarification of treatment for the elderly living with visual impairment. By using the great potential that lies in using existing technology in new areas, the project will optimize diagnostics and treatment of visual impairment.

The project is aimed at people who are over the age of 75. The participants are partly elderly who take part in the health talks offered via a health centre, elderly who visit an optician, and elderly who receive help via municipal home services in their own homes.