Eye Health Message Boards
Maximum hospitals have message boards which provide details regarding eye care. It makes sure that everyone is well informed regarding the various eye treatments that a hospital provides.
Programs such as a Seniors eye care program would ensure that each and every senior has full access to medical eye care as well as promotes annual, dilated eye exams. It makes aware of the different age related eye diseases which include cataracts, provide a free eye care educational material and also facilitates access to the eye care at no out of the pocket cost. By the time a person is 65 one in every three Americans has some form of vision impaired eye disease. There are no such warning symptoms and most think that it is a sign of growing old. These elderly people can save preserve their sight if they get regular eye checkups done and try and get it detected before it reaches a stage where nothing can be done about it.
Those people who are eligible for a referral through a program would receive a comprehensive, medical eye exam and also along with that a full years care which is at no cost especially for any disease which could have been diagnosed in the initial exam. Most volunteer ophthalmologists accept this Medicare and insurance reimbursement in a full payment. Patients who have no insurance get the treatment and care at no charge.
Eye Care America offers many types of eye care programs for which individuals may or may not qualify. Initial callers are automatically screened in order to determine the program which would provide the absolute and appropriate eye care services. If the callers have not had an eye exam done in the previous 12 months they are at an increased risk for glaucoma. This entitles the patient to a glaucoma eye exam through the new Glaucoma Eye Care Program. Eye Care America is in partnership with the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. This makes the Making the Link Program where the Patient Advocate Foundation's Co-Pay Relief would provide co payment assistance for the pharmaceutical products to Americans who are financially insured.
The glaucoma eye care program actually promotes the early detection and treatment of glaucoma as well. This raises the awareness of the glaucoma risk factors such as family history, race and age. It provides free educational material for glaucoma and it also facilitates full access to the glaucoma eye exams.
One of the main reasons or causes for the blindness caused in the United States is glaucoma itself and also the most common cause for blindness among the African Americans. Approximately more than three million people are suffering from glaucoma but maximum aren't aware of it as they are not aware of its symptoms and do not see the signs at an early stage. Those people who have a family history of the disease are mostly the African Americans or are at an age of 60 or above. The risk is a lot more with them. Preserving the sight is possible if it is detected at a very early stage. These kinds of exams are free of cost for those who are without any kind of insurance.