Living Well Ending Well: Age-Related Vision Changes with Dr. Alexis Malkin

About this event

Join us for the next Living Well, Ending Well program in partnership with Boston Village! This month's program will be held over Zoom Webinar where we'll welcome Dr. Alexis Malkin to the Living Well Ending Well speaker series.

Dr. Malkin will be covering the common causes of vision changes as people age. She will discuss the role of low vision services and how to improve your functional vision if you start to experience vision changes.

About the speaker:

Dr. Malkin is an Associate Professor at The New England College of Optometry. She is also a member of the clinical faculty at Boston Medical Center and Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Malkin graduated as the salutatorian from New England College of Optometry in 2008. She completed a residency at the Northport VA hospital and a Fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her clinical work focuses on the care of people who are blind or low vision. Dr. Malkin has published extensively in the field of low vision rehabilitation and is passionate about advances in technology and improving quality of life for people with vision impairment.

The Living Well Ending Well Speaker Series is presented as a partnership between Boston Village and the Boston Public Library. This event will be hosted on Zoom and is free and open to the public. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.

About Boston Village :

Boston Village is a nonprofit organization that has been redefining aging in downtown Boston for over two decades. We are a member-led community of active, creative and independent adults aged 50 and older who connect with and care for one another through an array of support services, social and wellness programs, cultural, and educational activities and excursions. You can learn more about who we are and what we do by visiting our website (bostonvillage.org).

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