Domus writes

It's always good to be able to focus on the positive aspects of providing eye care in the home. Domiciliary eye care is constantly reminding me of the useful and compassionate role optometrists and DOs who conduct home visits make to their patients.

Most professionals who make home visits take great pride in that fact that they offer optical services to people who would otherwise go without. But they also take great pleasure in meeting older people in an atmosphere that allows them to practise eye care on a human scale.

I have never been too sure why so many optical professionals shy away from domiciliary eye care, but I would hazard a guess that it is because they don't really want to go into people's houses or deal, one on one, with frail and often sick elderly people.