Ophthalmic Care in Nursing Homes for the Blind: A Growing Challenge.

In every second resident, the ophthalmologist's visit lead to treatment during the observation period. This underlines the difficulty of providing ophthalmological care even in specialised institutions for the blind and visually impaired, which is possibly due to the residents' mobility problems. The concept presented here has established a low-threshold, sustainable and high-quality ophthalmological service on site. These positive experiences indicate that corresponding measures may also be useful for other locations. However, in order to implement such a project on a larger scale, suitable financing and accounting modalities for the construction measures, the nursing staff and the ophthalmological procedure still need to be developed.