Glaucoma's Suicide Case Studies

In her case study she talks about and eighty-five year old woman, who falls down the steps in her home. When she was first looked at she was noted as a woman with no visible trauma. Geriatric assessment revealed she was an older woman with a history of glaucoma, cataracts, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. She had an accident and fell down a flight of stairs, prior to this fall. She said her glaucoma and glaucoma medication played a direct part in her accident. Every night she took Cosopt eye drops, before she went to bed. Before all of her accidents she lived with her daughter. She lived a regular life with pretty much no restriction. Her vision was not a problem for her. After the fall she was said to be okay, she just needed to get her