of magazines , furniture , etc . Ensure their rooms have plenty of bright lighting and turn off any irons , curling irons , stove burners and ovens not being used .
Another problem people with impaired vision deal with is reading labels on their medicine bottles . If they take oral medication , you can help your loved one by filling up their pill caddy as needed .
Medicated eye drops can present other problems . As Dr . Whitman explains , “ There are all sorts of little bottles out there that look alike . I actually had a patient who glued her eyes shut when she mistook a bottle of fingernail glue for her glaucoma eye drops . She had both bottles sitting on her bedside table , because she was fixing a cracked nail before bedtime .
“ We were able to remove the glue , but my advice to her – and others – is to keep your eye medication in a separate place from other little bottles of glue or even eardrops . You can help out by marking the bottles with brightly colored labels so they ’ re easier to tell apart , especially if your loved one uses different types of eye drops for glaucoma , post-cataract surgery care , dry eye symptoms and other conditions .”
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