Dad is 102, wheelchair bound. I cannot transfer him from his wheelchair to another seat. He lives in assisted living and his caregivers transfer him there but don't travel to his eye doctor.
He needs an eye exam but his current doctor also cannot transfer him. There must be some eye doctor who can help. Please advise.
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They should be able to provide someone that can help and it should not cost much since there is no real "caregiving" involved.
Your other option would be to hire Medical Transport they can help with all the transportation and transfer that needs to be done.
Another option would be to see if it is possible to have the eye doctor visit the facility to do an exam. That might be easier on everyone.
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Why, at 102 years of age, does your dad need an eye exam? Does he have a progressive disease like macular degeneration? what treatments are being considered?
A very wise geriatrician said to me about my mom: "If you aren't going to do the treatment, don't do the test." It made us rethink EVERYTHING that we were doing with mom.
That's why I'm asking what the REASON for the eye exam is. At some point, you stop doing "routine" stuff.
His last eye exam was 2 yrs ago. Should he need a newer perhaps stronger prescription to improve his ability to see tv, read his Kindle, etc., we want to act on that.
At my mom's NH, there was an eye doctor who visited regularly. Is that not available?
While it looks like it, the doctor's chair isn't bolted to the floor. It can be moved. Our doc just moves it out of the way and then we roll grandma's wheelchair over to where the chair was. Then the exam goes as normal.