Show i Old Eyes Adjust Slowly Light Needed for far Safety I In an October Sight Saving Month l Ies Message the tho Utah Sod Sod- ety for the th of Blind Blind- Blindness ness warns Senior Citizens and their that many home homeI accidents are a direct result of poor lighting an and poor vision Age slows down the ion of the eyes to darkness and Iare lam and r retards tards coordination the ryes eyes hands and fret which Is essential for fOI pro ter body balance These chang chang- chang's S 'S must b be considered In rela rela- rela Ion to safety and accident pre TO PROTECT ol older er people the recommends that passageways have good lighting during the day as well as at night particularly ticul stairs and landings s Wherever practical the of steps should be painted with fluorescent or some sharply contrasting co co- co cotor tor lor For night to to watt wall lights will provide ad lighting In bathrooms bathrooms hall hall- stairs ether yot Mr illy hazardous locations A small maH patch of scent paint aroun around a light switch will help locate it In the dark The Utah Society further ad ad- ad advocates that th everyone who wears eyeglasses use safet safety glasses with shatter resistant lenses and safety frames Au An j I example of their importance is isI in the type of acel acci I dent injuring former President PresidentS S Truman lIe suffered a se se- se severe vere laceration over the right ee eye when his regular glasses w ware re broken In a bathroom fall fallat fallat at his hom home and the fragments of glass caused multiple lacer lacer- lacerations on the right eyelid THERE ARE now almost 20 over the tho age of sixty five in the country It is the duty of everyone to 0 help these older people realize re that i much of the sight Impairment and blindness commonly thought to be an ment of of old age net need not be p eye Ce examinations will re reveal signs of oC blin ing ey 1 dis eases such as gl glaucoma and proper treatment will halt fur fur- then ther damage to sight Cataract surgery safe an and effective In nin nin cans can's out of a hund hund- hundred red can restore sight to thousands ands of older people and return them to a happy and more in in- in independent dependent life Medical science has supplied us with the means to save sa sight for many of our older citizens Let us use those means means to the full |