El Paso Lighthouse For The Blind - Elderly Blind Program

Specifically designed to assist the elderly, as well as individuals who are blind or legally blind and unable to work.

The goals of the program are:

To identify people (generally in age category 55 years & older) who are legally or totally blind and are having adjustment problems with the sighted world.
To serve people (generally in this age category) who have a progressive deterioration of their vision and are in need of training services.
To assess the individual's problems through intake and observation processes
To provide an individual program plan devised to provide adjustment services depending on individual needs.

Training provided through this Program includes:

Personal Management - bathroom tasks; clothing identification/care and
repair, washing/ironing/organizing; and elements of personal grooming.
Indoor Mobility - See Orientation and Mobility Skills Training
Sensory Development - Training in visualization, eye contact, sound
localization, turn judgment, maps, facial vision, indoor discrimination
Homemaking Skills - See Independent Living Skills Training
Transportation - See Orientation and Mobility Skills Training
Occupational Therapy - A limited amount of training in arts and crafts; access to the Resource Center Library
Public Information - Provision of radio receiver units that enable the
individual to listen to the El Paso Lighthouse Radio Reading Service
Information and Referral - Introducing clients to social services, peer
groups, nutrition centers, volunteer work, social and productive pursuits