Bedside eye examination
Visual acuity, eye pressure and an examination of the front and back of the eye with portable equipment.
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Eye care that comes to the room
Untreated vision loss drives falls, isolation and behavior changes that get mistaken for something else. Our optometrists bring portable equipment into the building, examine residents where they live, and make sure what they find reaches the chart and the care plan.
What we treat
Optometry covers a wide range
Every referral is assessed on its own merits. If a resident needs a different specialty or a higher level of care, we say so plainly.
Conditions we manage
- Routine eye examination and vision changes
- Glaucoma screening and monitoring
- Diabetic eye examination
- Cataract evaluation and referral
- Age-related macular degeneration monitoring
- Dry eye and blepharitis
- Eye infections and red eye
- Refractive error and eyeglass needs
- Low vision and vision-related fall risk
At the bedside
What we do at the bedside
What the clinician actually does in the room.
Diabetic eye exams
Screening for retinopathy on a documented schedule, with findings sent to the attending.
Glaucoma monitoring
Pressure checks and medication review at the interval the resident’s risk calls for.
Refraction and eyeglasses
Prescriptions written in the room, with frames and lenses coordinated so they actually arrive.
Acute eye complaints
Red, painful or discharging eyes assessed in the building rather than sent out by default.
Low vision support
Practical recommendations for lighting, magnification and the room layout, shared with your staff.
Ophthalmology referral
Cataract, retinal and surgical cases referred on with the history already written up.
Care pathway
How a optometry referral moves
Sequential by design — every step is a hand-off with a named owner, so nothing sits waiting for someone to notice it.
- 1
Facility list or single referral
Most buildings start with residents who have no eye exam on record, or a diabetic list.
- 2
Bedside examination
Full exam in the room, with portable equipment and no transport.
- 3
Findings and orders
Written to your chart: diagnoses, drops, follow-up interval and any eyeglass prescription.
- 4
Eyeglass coordination
Measurement, ordering and delivery followed through to the resident.
- 5
Referral when needed
Surgical and retinal findings passed to ophthalmology with the history already documented.
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Scheduled follow-up
Glaucoma and diabetic residents re-examined at the interval their condition requires.
Settings served
Skilled nursingAssisted livingMemory careLong-term carePrivate residence
A resident who cannot see well is at higher risk of falling. An eye exam is one of the simplest fall-prevention measures a building can schedule.
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Routine and at-risk foot care delivered in the room, so no resident leaves the building for a nail trim or a diabetic foot check.
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PM&R consults that keep function, pain and rehab goals moving in the right direction, worked directly with your therapy team.
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