- Rural origins
- Growth to many locations
- Thousands of patients served
- Falls, burns, hospitalization, long term institutionalization, depression, isolation, loss of independence
- 17% of persons over the age of 65 have vision loss that causes interference of daily activity
- 25% over 75
- Specialized care for the visually impaired
- Individualized treatment
- Why Low Vision ?
- Heart specialists vs home care vision loss specialists
- Persons with:
- ADL difficulty
- Injuries/falls
- Cooking/cleaning/ dressing deficits
- Our care is based on the needs and the risks of the individual
- Diagnosis
- Covered by Medicare/Meets Medicare criteria
- Not on other home health service
- Medically stable and cognitively functional
- Deficits in safety, ADL’s
- Macular degeneration
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Glaucoma
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- CVA related sight loss
- Inoperable cataracts
- Genetic vision loss
- Continuum of Care
- Multi discipline approach
- Holistic treatment
- Home based care
- Safety
- Organization
- Leisure
- Medication management
- Independence
- Hope
- Taking Meds safely
- Bathing alone
- Increased confidence and independence
- Increased compliance to MD orders and follow up
- Writing poems
- Cooking with family
