Independent Living Aids

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:34:59 +0000

Low Vision Services at SVC

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:01:14 +0000

An overview of SVC’s Low Vision Services.

Duration : 0:2:17

Technorati Tags: eyecare, low, magnifiers, Services, vision

Optelec FarView

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:54:05 +0000

Designed for the active lifestyle, Optelecs FarView offers the benefits of distance and close-up viewing in an ultra compact and stylish design.

Duration : 0:2:42

Technorati Tags: FarView, Low Vision, magnifier, Optelec, portable, video magnifier

Stand Magnifiers

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:28:08 +0000

See some of the stand magnifiers available at SVC.

Duration : 0:2:8

Technorati Tags: low, magnifiers, Services, stand, vision

VES AUTOFOCUS: AUTOFOCUSING BIOPTIC FOR LOW VISION

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:40:59 +0000

The award-winning* Ocutech VES- AutoFocus is the world’s only self-focusing bioptic telescope. The VES- AutoFocus provides the most natural magnified vision possible because wherever you look, the image will be clear immediately, just like natural vision. It removes the most inconvenient parts of using a bioptic telescope- focusing, and the most fatiguing- having to hold still to keep the image clear.

Not only is it great for distance activities, the VES- AutoFocus is the first low vision aid to provide comfortable, convenient, natural magnified vision at normal near distances, to play cards, musical instruments, use the computer and many other activities. This naturally clear magnification allows the visually impaired to work much more efficiently and in a much more relaxed and comfortable posture.

* Winner of the 1999 Winston Gordon Award presented by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

Duration : 0:8:41

Technorati Tags: AMD, binocular, blindness, Degeneration, glasses, impairment, loss, low, Macular, magnifiers, magnifying, telecope, vision, visual

A Recommended place for a American Senior Citizen in Mexico ?

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:34:58 +0000

Where is a good place recommended for a American
Senior Citizen living abroad in Mexico in a Senior Citizen home with the same treatment as of the U.S for Healthcare for which they can afford in mexico but not as for in the U.S ?

I same on the internet a video of retirement places and nursing homes that they treat Americans same care as of U.S
a American cannot afford in the U.S but can in mexico ?

Retirement homes and nursing homes in Mexico are FAR below the standards in the U.S. AND… you don’t have MEDICARE or MEDICAID in Mexico so your part F or part D plans are worthless.

My next question would be, "how well do you speak Spanish"? Any nursing home in Mexico is NOT going to be AmeriKan speaking and it will be up to YOU to learn Spanish… because they are not going to learn AmeriKan just to satisfy your needs.

As for where the best place for AmeriKans to move to in Mexico… Guadalajara is the absolute BEST… the weather is the best in this Hemisphere and there is a very large AmeriKan Ex-pat community in that city. Also, the medical care in Guadalajara is probably the best of any place in Mexico.

Curb Cuts Episode #5 ::: AT for Low Vision

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:37:06 +0000

“Curb Cuts” is a TV show about assistive technology (AT) produced by the Central Coast Assistive Technology Center. Episode #5 deals with assistive technology for individuals with low vision. Brianna Barnett, Dorothy Erinakes, and Thomas Athanasian share how they use technology such as CCTVs and ZoomText screen magnification software to function as independently as possible at home, school, and work.

For more information about this episode, please visit our website: http://www.ccatc.org/curbcuts.htm

Duration : 0:28:50

Technorati Tags: assistive, CCTV, Degeneration, disability, electronics, gadget, low, Macular, magnifier, mechanics, screen, technology, vision, ZoomText

I am looking for sites that have activities for senior citizens living in a retirement home.?

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:00 +0000

word games, interactive games, imagery, theraputic

Go to Yahooo Games!! TONS of card games, word games, puzzles!

where can I find a receipients rights form to include in the records of residents of a senior citizen complex?

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:43:01 +0000

I need to create a receipents rights form to include in the records of residents living in a senior citizen complex. I am a social worker.

Go to an existing complex and get a copy of what they use.

Have any of of you who are a senior citizen, live with roomates, as in the sitcom Golden Girls?

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:06:03 +0000

Crap Yes…and their all a pain in my @$$