We have found that many doctors are finding it difficult to arrange for their house-bound patients and those patients living in Retirement Homes to have their eyes tested. We offer a call-out service to all housebound patients.
We are the longest established visiting opticians in Ireland. Since 1983, we have carried our impeccable service to house bound patients throughout the counties of Kildare, Dublin, Meath and Wicklow.
All those who find it difficult to call to their optician, can rely on D.Mulvey Opticians Mobile Optical Service to provide them with superb eye care in the comfort of their own homes. We provide a full testing and frame dispensing service and our visiting opticians always carry a full range of frames from the very basic to the latest top designer models. Some people qualify for this service completely free of charge through their state benefits. Claimants for state optical benefit must have their application for a house call approved in advance by the relevant authority before making an appointment.
For more details, contact us at +353 1 454 2306.
WHY OUR SERVICE IS SO VALUABLE
When we did an examination recently for one patient, the house manager in the home explained to me that if she had not been able to call us out, it would have been necessary to send him in to the Eye Department by ambulance. In this man’s case, a special wheelchair-accessible ambulance would have been needed and these are very rare. In addition to that, she would have been obliged to send two members of staff with him, taking them away from other duties.
D.Mulvey Opticians Ltd is registered with the Health Services Executive and with the Department of Social Welfare. We offer a full testing and dispensing service and complete aftercare. As most if not all such residents are Medical Card Holders, this service is FREE OF CHARGE to both the patient and the nursing home when the patient picks the standard frame. If frames from our private range are chosen, the patient pays the difference in price.
The HSE have introduced new regulations for Domiciliary Visits under the GMS scheme. The procedure for this is as follows :
1. The patient needs to have a referral note from their doctor stating that a house call is required for eye testing.
2. This note is then clipped to the completed application form together with a note from the House manager stating that the resident is unable to leave the home and forwarded to the Health Board Office local to the Retirement Home.
3. Once the Health Board have processed the application, they will send it back to the home and this authorises us to carry out the test. All that remains then is to call us out and we will take care of the rest.
For a supply of application forms just write, phone, fax or email us.
We do not charge a call out fee to patients who are medical card holders as we see this as an extension of our normal service. The call out fee for private patients is €130.
We currently look after the eye care needs of 19 Nursing Homes along the Eastern seaboard from Malahide to Wexford. If you wish to know more about our Domiciliary Service please contact us for details.
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