Bill Harvey: Born again

A couple of things to report this week.

I have been doing a few domiciliaries recently, mostly to elderly or learning disabled patients with visual impairment. One aspect of home visits that I have always felt uneasy about has been the challenge in assessing visual fields. As we reported in Optician 12.10.18, the Domiciliary Eyecare Committee issued guidance on this matter, recommending that ‘the safest requirement for domiciliary patients is for all mobile providers to ensure that a portable means for testing visual fields, either manual or electronic, is routinely available (in addition to confrontation targets) for all patients.’ Those of you with back strain from lugging around an Easyfield or similar might be interested in how I get on with a recently acquired and very portable laptop screener from Thomson Software Solutions – watch this space.