Table 5 Preventive care vs. normal ageing
From: Why is tractable vision loss in older people being missed? Qualitative study
1 | “ …. (the optician) was the first person to detect that I had high blood pressure, because they can see so much, you know, through their machines”. [FG1] |
2 | “I believe they can detect heart conditions as well”. [FG1] |
3 | .“….there is a class of older person maybe on their own, who thinks that their deteriorating sight is part and parcel of getting older”. [FG3] |
4 | “Do you think sight loss is an unavoidable part of getting older?” “Oh I hope not.” “I think it is”. [FG4] |