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Learning To Cope With Sight Loss: Six Weeks at a VA Blind Rehabilitation Center

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Description:SORRY, THIS TITLE IS OUT-OF-PRINT. (2024)FROM THE AUTHOR“On the morning of August 13, 2003, my wife Sandra arrived home to find me sitting at my desk, staring off into space. ‘Sandra,’ I said. ‘I have bad news. I can’t see.’ That morning I had suffered a hemorrhage in my left eye that would render me legally blind from macular degeneration.”—William L. McGee BOOK DESCRIPTIONSight loss can be a stressful event in anyone’s life. Author and former broadcaster William L. McGee tells how he got back to writing in this inspiring booklet.In 2009, Bill McGee was admitted as a “student” to the VA Blind Rehabilitation Treatment Program in Palo Alto, California. For six weeks, he resided with thirty other veterans and together they learned new ways to cope with their different types of sight loss. The author attended classes in Visual Skills, Orientation & Mobility, Living Skills, Manual Skills, Computer Training, Recreation Therapy, and Family Training. He was so impressed with the VA Treatment Program, he dictated this booklet about his experience there to inspire and inform anyone living with sight loss or low vision to seek the help that is out there from one of the many VA or non-VA blind resources.McGee gives the official VA description of each component of the Treatment Program, followed by his own experience and firsthand account, as well as comments from fellow veterans.LEARNING TO COPE WITH SIGHT LOSS is available in three formats:* Softcover with a companion Audio CD complete recording of the text* Kindle Edition* Audio CD only in a jewel case“Learning to Cope with Sight Loss is the best-written description of the VA Blind Rehabilitation Program that I’ve seen and an invaluable tool for those veterans considering participation in one of the Regional Centers.”–Patrick J. Caskey, M.D., North Bay Vitreoretinal Consultants, Santa Rosa, CA“Despite recent medical advances, patients, far too often, still suffer significant vision loss and require low vision rehabilitation. William McGee’s booklet is an easy-to-read and informative personal journey through the VA Blind Rehabilitation Center.”—Dante J. Pieramici, MD, Director, California Retina Research Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA “Bill McGee’s ‘Learning To Cope With Sight Loss’ is filled with insightful observations and a complete analysis of all that the world-class VA facilities can offer to our Association members.” —Tom Miller, Executive Director, Blinded Veterans Association, Washington, D.C.“The most reliable help in sight loss is to profit from others who have learned to cope with it. It’s never going to be easy, but with guidance from others who have been there, things will be less frustrating. Bill shows what a wonderful job the VA is doing to help sight loss sufferers deal effectively with their new condition.” —Charles Champlin, former film critic and arts editor, Los Angeles Times; author of "My Friend, You Are Legally Blind"We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Learning To Cope With Sight Loss: Six Weeks at a VA Blind Rehabilitation Center. To get started finding Learning To Cope With Sight Loss: Six Weeks at a VA Blind Rehabilitation Center, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: BMC Publications

Release: 2010

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Description: SORRY, THIS TITLE IS OUT-OF-PRINT. (2024)FROM THE AUTHOR“On the morning of August 13, 2003, my wife Sandra arrived home to find me sitting at my desk, staring off into space. ‘Sandra,’ I said. ‘I have bad news. I can’t see.’ That morning I had suffered a hemorrhage in my left eye that would render me legally blind from macular degeneration.”—William L. McGee BOOK DESCRIPTIONSight loss can be a stressful event in anyone’s life. Author and former broadcaster William L. McGee tells how he got back to writing in this inspiring booklet.In 2009, Bill McGee was admitted as a “student” to the VA Blind Rehabilitation Treatment Program in Palo Alto, California. For six weeks, he resided with thirty other veterans and together they learned new ways to cope with their different types of sight loss. The author attended classes in Visual Skills, Orientation & Mobility, Living Skills, Manual Skills, Computer Training, Recreation Therapy, and Family Training. He was so impressed with the VA Treatment Program, he dictated this booklet about his experience there to inspire and inform anyone living with sight loss or low vision to seek the help that is out there from one of the many VA or non-VA blind resources.McGee gives the official VA description of each component of the Treatment Program, followed by his own experience and firsthand account, as well as comments from fellow veterans.LEARNING TO COPE WITH SIGHT LOSS is available in three formats:* Softcover with a companion Audio CD complete recording of the text* Kindle Edition* Audio CD only in a jewel case“Learning to Cope with Sight Loss is the best-written description of the VA Blind Rehabilitation Program that I’ve seen and an invaluable tool for those veterans considering participation in one of the Regional Centers.”–Patrick J. Caskey, M.D., North Bay Vitreoretinal Consultants, Santa Rosa, CA“Despite recent medical advances, patients, far too often, still suffer significant vision loss and require low vision rehabilitation. William McGee’s booklet is an easy-to-read and informative personal journey through the VA Blind Rehabilitation Center.”—Dante J. Pieramici, MD, Director, California Retina Research Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA “Bill McGee’s ‘Learning To Cope With Sight Loss’ is filled with insightful observations and a complete analysis of all that the world-class VA facilities can offer to our Association members.” —Tom Miller, Executive Director, Blinded Veterans Association, Washington, D.C.“The most reliable help in sight loss is to profit from others who have learned to cope with it. It’s never going to be easy, but with guidance from others who have been there, things will be less frustrating. Bill shows what a wonderful job the VA is doing to help sight loss sufferers deal effectively with their new condition.” —Charles Champlin, former film critic and arts editor, Los Angeles Times; author of "My Friend, You Are Legally Blind"We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Learning To Cope With Sight Loss: Six Weeks at a VA Blind Rehabilitation Center. To get started finding Learning To Cope With Sight Loss: Six Weeks at a VA Blind Rehabilitation Center, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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