Personalized assessment to determine how each individual's functional vision affects performance of daily activities. Prescription, ordering, and dispensing of these devices, based on our staff's professional assessment and the individual's personal preferences and practical goals. Click here for comments from our very first graduating class. In this program, participants receive training in the adaptive skills and tools that allow them to continue to perform the many tasks of daily living. The Procter Center facility is also the home of our new Low Vision Clinic, another major service established by Clovernook Center to meet the urgent needs of our community.
Vision loss is the number one disabling condition, after arthritis and heart disease, among elderly.
One in six persons 45 years or older report some form of vision impairment even when wearing corrective lenses. The good news is that losing eyesight does not have to mean losing independence.