Compensating for sight loss with a guide dog

Abstract

Although medical advances occur daily, ophthalmic nurses face vision decrease or loss in their patients. Orientation and mobility training are offered by state agencies, helping the person find ways to adjust to living with sight loss.Whereas a white cane is the preferred mobility method of choice for some persons, more persons are discovering the advantages of a guide dog.This article will help ophthalmic nurses understand how a guide dog is produced and the uses of a guide dog. This knowledge is an option to increase mobility in newly blind patients. (Insight 2000;25:125-7)