A Families Guide to Caring for Blind Family Members - Stan Smith - Bog

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to support a person with diminishing vision or a family member who has lost his vision completely. He will have to adapt his lifestyle and the way he goes about in his everyday life to include the loss of vision Here's an inescapable fact: you will need to not only support the person physically with daily activities but also emotionally as he accepts the loss of his vision and comes to terms with the fact that he might not be able to see any more for a rest of his life. And therefore, you will need to be a great carer who will not only help him on a regular basis, but also give him the confidence that he can lead a normal life with some few adaptations and that the loss of his vision does not mean a reduction in the quality of his life. Gradually and with the right Patience and empathy will go a long way to heal the impact a vision loss has on his emotions of the person and how he sees himself in the family. A lot of people in this situation will consider himself a burden to the rest of the family. That should not happen here in your family.