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Looking after your eyes

Regular sight tests are an important part of a preventative health regime and enable your optician to detect problems with your eyes or sight as well a number of systemic health conditions such as diabetes..[continue reading]

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Falls and Prevention

In the UK, one in eight people aged over 75 and one in three aged over 90 live with sight impairment. Preventing falls and promoting safe locomotion presents a particular challenge for older people with poor sight. Evidence suggests sight impairment in older people is associated with increases in the incidence of falls and hip fractures. Compared to the general older population, this group is 1.7 times more likely to fall, 1.9 times more likely to have multiple falls and 1.3–1.9 times more likely to experience hip fractures..[continue reading]