May is Macula Month and the perfect time to learn if you’re at risk of macular disease.

If you’re over 50 you are at higher risk of age-related macular degeneration, and everyone with diabetes is at risk of vision loss from diabetic eye disease.
By adopting the healthy habits below you will help minimise your risk of vision loss from macular disease, whether you have been diagnosed with the disease or not.

Did you know we have started a new FREE community service to our local schools?

We are offering FREE vision screening clinics, held at the schools for all Year 1 students.

We would like to offer this service because basic screenings are done by health nurses during Kindy, however vision can change as the child grows, and sometimes vision problems are missed. Good vision is an important factor in a child learning, we can also provide some fact sheets for teachers and parents on vision and learning.

If you have diabetes, it is likely that you will develop some changes to your eyes.
Diabetes sometimes causes the focusing ability of the eye to weaken or to vary from day-to-day however; this problem eases when blood glucose levels are stable.
Diabetes can also cause vision loss from Diabetes Retinopathy (damage to the very small blood vessels on the back of the eye).
Diabetic Retinopathy

We all have back to school shopping lists:
– buy school shoes
– get school supplies
– new lunch box

Something very important is missing from the list: making appointments for comprehensive eye exams for your children! Even if there are no complaints over the summer about blurry vision or headaches, children still need to have frequent eye exams. Just like their bodies are rapidly growing, children’s eyes are changing as well.

Help preserve your eye health with these “5 Steps to Relieve Digital Eye Strain at Work,”

World Glaucoma Week is coming and we would love to invite YOU to attend our Morning Tea!
On Tuesday the 14th March between 9-11am join us for coffee, cake and a state of the art OCT retinal scan (valued at $85!), all for a gold coin donation!