Low Vision Rehabilitation Program
LOW VISION REHABILITATION PROGRAM
Mercy Medical Center is providing low vision rehabilitation through our outpatient Occupational Therapy department. This program focuses on enabling the person with visual loss to safely and independently complete everyday tasks that their loss of vision make difficult.
Occupational Therapy Can Help?
- Teach people how to use remaining vision as efficiently as possible to complete activities.
- Change activities so that they can be completed with less vision.
- Teach people to use adaptive equipment that aid with vision loss.
- Teach people how to adapt in their own homes and in the community.
Why is Rehabilitation Needed?
- Persons with vision loss have difficulty using their remaining vision to:
- Complete everyday activities (grooming, cooking, paying bills, shopping, etc.)
- Use knives to prepare foods
- Judge depth on stairs and curbs
- Identify and take medications
- Monitor glucose levels
- Dial emergency numbers
- Use the stove safely
- Identify spoiled foods and spills on the floor
- Walk safely on different surfaces
What is Low Vision?
- Low vision is a chronic medical condition.
- Low vision can limit a person's ability to complete every day activities but allows for some useable vision.
- Low vision affects 1 in 6 adults over 45 years of age. Two thirds are over 65 years of age.
- The three primary diseases causing low vision are Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy and Glaucoma.
Who is an Occupational Therapist?
- An occupational therapist educates and trains individuals with a disability to increase their independence with every day activities.
- A graduate of an accredited university with at least a Bachelor degree.
- Licensed in state of Ohio and nationally registered.
Reimbursement for Occupational Therapy
- A physician or optometrist referral is required
- Medicare covers Occupational Therapy
- Billing is through outpatient services
If you have further questions, we welcome your calls at: 330-489-1135.
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