Senior Care: Every January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month.
If your elderly family member is showing any signs of glaucoma, it’s important for her to see her eye doctor right away. The symptoms of glaucoma are not always obvious, so testing through eye doctors is how most people discover that they’re dealing with one of several types of glaucoma. Senior care can help keep an eye on things.
She’s Losing Peripheral Vision
Losing peripheral vision is a gradual issue, and it’s one your elderly family member might not notice as much at first. Gradually this becomes worse and it can start to become tunnel vision. These issues may be patchy at first, with only some loss of peripheral vision. Over time, though, your elderly family member may have a very restricted field of vision.
She’s Having Eye Pain
Glaucoma involves increased pressure in your elderly family member’s eyes, and that affects how her eyes work and how they feel. If she’s noticing pain in or around her eyes, it’s important to get that checked out. It’s always possible that the cause of her eye pain could be something else, but ruling out glaucoma is an important thing to try first.
Or She’s Experiencing More Frequent Headaches
The pressure from glaucoma doesn’t just affect your senior’s eyes. A common cause of headaches is often vision problems, even if that’s not what people notice at first. If your elderly family member is complaining of more frequent headaches, it might be a good idea to schedule an eye exam. The cause might be something else, or it could be glaucoma.
She’s Got Other Signs of Vision Changes
Is your elderly family member noticing other signs of vision changes? Things like blurry vision or difficulty focusing all need to be addressed. Senior care at home can help with things like this, especially if they mention that they’re noticing your elderly family member squinting more or having more difficulty with daily tasks. Caregivers can start to notice these changes very quickly, which helps you and your senior to respond quickly.
Once you know more about what your senior is up against, it’s a lot easier to formulate a plan. Senior care at home can assist with practical issues and they can also help to remind your senior to follow her care plan, like taking medications when she needs to take them. Other adjustments can help your senior to be more comfortable as she adapts to her changing health issues.
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