EdOnline

DESCRIPTION: Not only are we living longer, but senior citizens are the fastest growing segment of the world ’s population. The aging population faces problems with declining vision related to disease as well as growing older. This course discusses changes in color perception among the elderly and explains how appropriate color use and application of low- or no-VOC, durable, high-quality paint facilitates quality of life in all environments for the aging. OBJECTIVES: At the end of this program, participants will be able to: 1) discuss the growth of the aging population and the common health problems they face affecting the eyes, 2) recognize the ways these health problems alter or interfere with color perception, 3) differentiate the common care environments for the elderly, 4) describe the ways color can help facilitate quality of life aspects of social involvement, navigation, and orientation in environments for the aging, and 5) summarize how premium, low- or no-VOC paint can offer durability and safe application in environments for the aging.