The annual eye care program
Enrol someone in residential aged care once, and their eyes are examined every year without you having to organise it again.
Enrol someone in residential aged care once, and their eyes are examined every year without you having to organise it again.
There is no cost to the aged care home either. Nothing is dispensed without your approval or the resident's.
Cataract, glaucoma and macular degeneration progress without pain, and a resident who cannot report a change in vision is unlikely to have one raised on their behalf.
Up to 60% of aged care residents have some vision impairment, against roughly 5% of people over 70 living in the community.1 Refractive correction alone, which means the right pair of glasses, could improve vision in up to half of nursing home residents.2 Among residents who had an eye condition recorded, fewer than half accessed an eye health service in their first year.3
Reading again, recognising faces, seeing the edge of a step, and watching television without sitting on top of it.
A randomised trial of second eye cataract surgery in women over 70 found a 32% lower rate of falling in the operated group, although that result did not reach statistical significance.4 Most of what causes vision loss in this age group is correctable or treatable.
The form below takes a couple of minutes. You need the resident's name, the home they live in and your contact details.
We coordinate the date and access with the facility, working around meal times, medication rounds and activities. You are told the date.
A full hour per resident, in the clinic vehicle at the home or at the bedside. Where glasses are recommended, we contact you before anything is ordered.
A written report goes to the care team and the GP, and we contact you about anything that changed. The next due date is recorded and we come back.
Enrolling puts the resident on a list for an annual comprehensive eye examination and lets us contact you and the aged care home to arrange it. It is not a confirmed appointment, and clinical consent is taken again at the visit itself.
You are not agreeing to buy anything. Where the optometrist recommends a change of prescription, we contact you to discuss it, and an order is only placed with your approval or the resident's. Prices are published on this site.
You can withdraw the resident at any time by calling 0402 725 735 or emailing admin@sightonsite.com.au. They come off the list before the next visit and we do not contact you about it again.
How we handle personal and health information is set out in the privacy policy.
Free, with no obligation. We reply within one business day.
Thanks, we have the enrolment. We will be in touch within one business day, and we will contact you and the facility once a visit date is confirmed.
Prefer to talk it through? Call +61 402 725 735 or email admin@sightonsite.com.au.
Clinic days, reporting and clinical governance detail for providers, at no cost to the facility.