Visual Impairment Care

Introduction

At CareYourWay, we understand the difficulties of living with a visual impairment and the worries and concerns it can bring to a family.

It can be an isolating and frustrating experience, making daily tasks and activities challenging. Our care is tailored and person-centred, offering outstanding care to make your (or your loved ones) life stress free, reinstalling confidence within your home. With our support, you can continue to stay independent and confidently participate in the activities you enjoy in the familiar, comfortable and happy surroundings of your own home.

What is visual impairment?

Visual impairment, otherwise known as vision impairment or vision loss, is a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems to someone’s vision.

The most common cause of visual impairments globally are uncorrected refractive errors, accounting for 43% of all problems, cataracts (33%) and glaucoma (2%). Refractive errors include near-sightedness, astigmatism and presbyopia.

Signs & Symptoms

There are multiple signs and symptoms that can occur, depending on the condition. Some of these include, but are not specific to, visual impairment:

• Amblyopia, otherwise known as “lazy eye.”
• Strabismus (misaligned or crossed eyes).
• Severe, sudden eye pain/burning.
• Recurrent pain in or around the eye.
• Hazy, blurred or double vision.
• Seeing floating ‘spider webs, halos, flashes of light’.
• Seeing a ‘curtain coming down’ over one eye.
• Sensing a ‘cup filling with ink’ in one eye.
• Swollen, red eyes.
• Changes in colour of pupils.
• White areas around the pupil of the eye.
• Sudden development of persistent ‘floaters’.

Facts & Stats:

• Every 6 minutes, someone is told they’re going blind.
• Every day, 250 people begin to lose their site in the UK.
• In the UK, around 79% of people living with sight loss are over 64.
• 600,000 people suffer from age-related visual impairments in the UK.
• 500,000 people suffer from glaucoma in the UK.
• 144,000 people suffer from diabetic retinopathy in the UK.

What does our visual impairment care include?

We understand the impact of living with visual impairment and understand that it can be distressing and unsettling. We expertly train our compassionate carers to minimise the disruption caused by visual impairment, providing support to all parties involved within the care, including family too.