Project file
- Title: Senior Optometry.
- Coordination: Covadonga Vázquez Sánchez and M.ª Luz Gigirey Prieto.
- Subject: 4th year Optometry. Degree in Optics and Optometry.
- Collaborating entities: Department of Social Policy. Senior citizen centres: Volta do Castro Residence for the Elderly and Santiago de Compostela Residence for the Elderly (Santiago de Compostela).
- Description: The high prevalence of vision loss in residences for the elderly and the lack of routine optometric examinations in these centres allows us to identify a social need for the eye sight condition of the residents. The S-L Senior Optometry project offers a socio-health service to improve the functional sight of the residents and, consequently, their quality of life. In this S-L project, social and learning goals coexist simultaneously. Students of the subject can carry out a real clinical practice in centres for the elderly and acquire skills specific to the degree, those that are transversal as well as for life.