MANDEL SCHOOL
NEWS AND EVENTS
July 01, 2009
Study to explore vision, quality of life in dementia patients
A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, will begin a five-year, $2.9 million National Institutes of Health-funded study. They will examine the lives of patients with both cataracts and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to document how restored vision improves everyday life for people with dementia.
“This project addresses a major social justice issue in the disparity in vision care of persons diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease,” said Grover “Cleve” Gilmore, dean of the Case Western Reserve Mandel School and principal investigator of the study.