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Nowadays, it is already well known that people live longer than they did in the past. In relation to this trend, i.e. the aging of the population, it is not any different for people with visual impairment. Visual impairment affects the quality of life of people, not just seniors, but across the whole life of the individual. The aim of the review study was to analyze the research findings of the issue of the quality of life of people with visual impairment in the elderly age by means of the selection, evaluation an...

This article summarizes our current understanding of the construct of individual QOL as it pertains to persons with hearing (HI), visual (VI) or physical impairment (PhI) based on systematic review of expert articles discussing Quality of Life research. The article discusses what we have learnt about the QOL construct from the specific subjective point of view from persons with hearing, visual and physical impairment. The recent analysis is also directed on comparing generalized theoretical constructs with individ...

The paper focuses on the quality of working life of deaf people. The main aim is to describe the possibilities of their employment with regard to the historical context of the labour market situation and current possibilities. Further, the other goal of the article analyses subjective perception of deaf people within their possibilities of employability on the labour market and overall satisfaction. To obtain the data a qualitative approach was implemented through a semi-structured interview with deaf people, who ...

A human being is viewed from various perspectives. The individual is considered as a multidimensional being. The persons with visual impairment can be exposed to a number of stimuli that influence their biological nature (physiology of the organism), psychological nature (personality), social nature (socialization, inclusion) and spiritual nature (values, belief). We aimed at the different areas of the everyday life in the student with visual impairment. The main objective of the paper is to achieve a deeper under...