Eyes on the workplace / by Ron Cowen for the Committee on Vision, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

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Cowen, Ron

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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press : Available from [the] Committee on Vision, 1988.Description: 1 online resource (44 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0309564492
9780309564496

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Eyes on the workplace.DDC classification:

331.398 22

LOC classification:

HD6279 .C63 1988eb

NLM classification:

WW 505 C874 1988

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Contents:

""EYES ON THE WORKPLACE""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""PART 1""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART 2""; ""THE AGING EYE""; ""CHANGING EYESIGHT: SIGNIFICANCE FOR DAILY LIVING""; ""CHANGES IN LIGHTING""; ""LOOKING AT LIFE THROUGH CLOUDY GLASSES""; ""CLUTTER""; ""DRIVING""; ""PART 3""; ""IN THE WORKPLACE""; ""VISION CARE ON THE JOB""; ""A TALE OF TWO COMPANIES""; ""More than Safety Glasses""; ""Free Eye Care at a Small Company""; ""Job Coding""; ""BENEFITS OF COMPANY VISION CARE PROGRAMS""; ""PART 4""; ""REDESIGNING THE WORKPLACE""; ""COLORING THE JOB""

""LIGHT AND GLARE""""ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE, RETRAINING, AND COMPENSATING FOR IMPAIRED VISION""; ""PART 5""; ""LOOKING TO THE FUTURE""; ""WHAT DO COMPANIES WANT?""; ""THE NEED FOR MORE INFORMATION""; ""WHAT WE DO KNOW FROM STATISTICS""; ""DRIVING AS A MODEL FOR WORKING""; ""EFFORTS OF PRIVATE COMPANIES""; ""SELECTED RESOURCES FOR VISION CARE""; ""VICTORS: A Resource for Veterans""; ""Job Network""; ""An Index for Jobs""; ""Remaining on the Job in New York City""; ""Federally Sponsored Projects""; ""Helping the Partially Sighted""; ""Optometry Schools""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ADDITIONAL READINGS""

Abstract: This report explores various aspects of work, aging, and vision, including relationships between visual changes with age and changes in behavior; the role of health status in leaving the work force; the effects of changes in vision on job skills; screening practices; the availability of visual prosthetics; and economic incentives and disincentives for keeping older workers employed.

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Report is based on working group discussions and a conference held in February, 1986 in Washington, D.C.

Working group chairman : Robert Sekuler.

Includes bibliographical references (page 42).

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This report explores various aspects of work, aging, and vision, including relationships between visual changes with age and changes in behavior; the role of health status in leaving the work force; the effects of changes in vision on job skills; screening practices; the availability of visual prosthetics; and economic incentives and disincentives for keeping older workers employed.

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