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Do/did you know any elderly persons who hardly suffer such common (and taken for granted) conditions as: Presbyopia (vision problem) (this is much more common than cataract and usually taken for granted as if everyone will have it when older) Loss of hearing
Dental problem (loss of teeth)
?
The "vision problem" is common and usually entails needing glasses for reading. Look around at how many people wear glasses. Hearing loss is a combination of heredity and environment (and wait until the current younger generation which walks around with ear buds installed begins to age. They're walking future hearing aid wearers.)
Tooth loss can be a result of many things, mine was due to an injury. More common is receding gums.
Things, whether organic or mechanical wear out/.
Too many implied stereotypes in your post. I'm surprised you didn't mention erectile dysfunction.
Well I'm an elderly person, wear glasses as most due, primarily for reading, my teeth are as good as they were at 1/2 my age says the dentist, no problems, my hearing, well my wife says I hear too much, tests show I have very little loss of hearing, I still hear that train whistle over a mile away.
My teeth are not so good, but my eyesight has gotten so much better over the decades. I had very, very bad vision as a child, almost to the point I could have been declared legally blind.
Over the years, my scripts have been lower and lower. I asked why. Doctor said that as you age, your body changes. Sometimes when your eyesight is very bad to begin with, you body changes and makes it BETTER.
I could not see two feet in front of me in my 20s without glasses. Today in my 60s I almost never wear my glasses; only for driving. I can now read that eye chart about 5 lines down without glasses, whereas decades I could barely read the big E.
You win some (my eyes), You lose some (my teeth). Happy that it is not EVERYTHING! lol
I think current older folks (Baby Boomers) had the benefit of good dental care our whole lives, while my grandparents all had dentures.
My DHs great aunt, in her mid 70's has never worn glasses, because one of her eyes is nearsighted and one is farsighted, so she can read and see distance normally. This is rare though.
I think many older folks can hear ok, but many cannot.
I am 66, and quite vital and healthy in most ways, but I need bifocal contacts, and I am losing my hearing. Since hearing aids are not covered on medical insurance, many of us choose to go around saying, "What?" instead of correcting the problem.
Do/did you know any elderly persons who hardly suffer such common (and taken for granted) conditions as: Presbyopia (vision problem) (this is much more common than cataract and usually taken for granted as if everyone will have it when older) Loss of hearing
Dental problem (loss of teeth)
?
I had an eye injury as a child an eventually (2nd grade) started wearing glasses. For years I could take them off for a night out and get by pretty well. At 70, my trifocals serve me well. I still have pretty good far sight and of course, I have become a little near sighted.
My hearing is marginal in some registers. If someone is facing away from me and speaks lowly, I can most often get the drift.....and MY GRANDKIDS mumble and talk 90 miles per hours. I spend half my time saying...."what....?" That's their fault......
Not so good teeth and gums runs in my family but I still have my own teeth. Now, my last couple of dentists have commented, "You've got some pretty fancy dental work in there......". And I do. But I don't know for how much longer.....I go to the dentist every 4 months, just to try and maintain.
I am almost 71. It's my joints that aren't working so good.....lol
My elderly mom has been a stickler about dental care and her teeth are great.
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