{"id":2488,"date":"2025-09-12T02:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2025-09-12T02:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:29:54","slug":"vision-impairment-and-older-adults-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/2025\/09\/disability\/vision-impairment-and-older-adults-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision Impairment and Older Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Americans with Disabilities Act<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As it Applies to Persons with Visual Impairments<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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ADA INFORMATION RESOURCES <\/strong><\/p>\n

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U.S. Dept. of Justice ADA Website \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.ADA.gov\/<\/p>\n

ADA Information Line\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 800-514-0301 (Voice)<\/p>\n

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Title III: http:\/\/www.ada.gov\/t3hilght.htm<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Businesses (including all health care providers) that provide goods or services to the public are called “public accommodations”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • Health care providers must modify their policies and procedures when necessary to serve customers with disabilities and take steps to communicate effectively with customers with disabilities. <\/strong>\n
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      • Assistance with filling out paper work<\/li>\n
      • Provide materials in large print, Braille, or other accessible format\n
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        • Admission information<\/li>\n
        • Doctor\u2019s orders, discharge plan<\/li>\n
        • Information on community resources from home health agencies<\/li>\n
        • Prescription information<\/li>\n
        • Test procedures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          Internet Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • ADA Accessibility Requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            www.adaag.com\/ada-accessibility-guidelines\/index.php<\/p>\n

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            • ADA and Health Care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              www.pacer.org\/publications\/adaqa\/health.asp<\/p>\n

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              • ADA and People with Visual Impairments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                www.ada.gov\/effective-comm.htm<\/p>\n

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                • ADA and Deaf and Hearing Impaired<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  www.ada.gov\/hospcombr.htm<\/p>\n

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                  Tax Credit and Deduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  http:\/\/www.ada.gov\/taxcred.htm<\/p>\n

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                  • To assist small businesses to comply with the ADA, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code includes a Disabled Access Credit (Section 44) for businesses with 30 or fewer full-time employees or with total revenues of $1 million or less in the previous tax year.<\/li>\n
                  • Eligible expenses may include the cost of making material available in accessible formats such as Braille, audiotape, or large print and sign language interpreters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                    After a patient with a visual impairment leaves their doctor\u2019s office or is discharged from a health care facility and is unable to read the doctor\u2019s orders or discharge plans, how can they be expected to follow the doctor\u2019s orders, improve health outcomes and avoid rehospitalization?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                    Reasonable Accommodation Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                    Doctor\u2019s Office<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                    • Provide assistance with filling out paperwork<\/li>\n
                    • Doctor\u2019s orders, test procedure instructions, prescription information, etc should be provided in large print or other accessible format<\/li>\n
                    • Examination areas need to be wheelchair accessible<\/li>\n
                    • Efforts must be made to communicate with hearing impaired patients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                      Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                      • Brochures that describe the facility\u2019s services and admission information must be available in an alternate format.<\/li>\n
                      • Clear paths of travel on each floor are necessary.<\/li>\n
                      • Menus should be read to patients with visual disabilities.<\/li>\n
                      • Examination areas and labs must be accessible.<\/li>\n
                      • Are discharge plans written in large print or other accessible format?\n
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                        • How can we expect patients to follow discharge plans if they cannot read and understand them?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                          Note: Assisted Living Facilities must also provide printed materials in alternate format<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                          Home Health Care<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                          • When a home health care patient is given a stack of papers that are difficult to read, how are they expected to improve health outcomes and prevent rehospitalization?<\/li>\n
                          • Admission booklets and important information on community resources and agency policies need to be available in an accessible format so the patient can refer to them as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                            Staff should receive training on the requirements of the ADA and other disability rights laws and working effectively with people with disabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                            For information on staff training, disability rights laws or to arrange an appointment to review your policies and procedures contact Robert Goodman at 954.806.7321 or rgoodlobby@aol.com. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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                            Visit our website at www.americanswithdisabilitiesact.net<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                            [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] The Americans with Disabilities Act As it Applies to Persons with Visual Impairments [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””] ADA INFORMATION RESOURCES   U.S. Dept. of Justice ADA Website \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.ADA.gov\/ ADA Information Line\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 800-514-0301 (Voice)   Title III: http:\/\/www.ada.gov\/t3hilght.htm Businesses (including all health care providers) that provide goods or services to the public are called “public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[71,72,188,189],"class_list":["post-2488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disability","tag-disabilities","tag-disability-2","tag-vision","tag-visual-impairments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2491,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions\/2491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}