Improving access to low vision services

Different levels of low vision care Primary/community level Nurses, ophthalmic nurses, communitybased workers, and other mid-level personnel can do the following: • Be alert and identify people who might have low vision • Refer them for diagnosis, prognosis, and good refraction • Refer older children and adults who have useful vision to low vision services at secondary or district level • Refer young children and adults with complex needs to tertiary level • After diagnosis, refraction, and referral for low vision care, advise on non-optical interventions and environmental modifications (pages 7,8, and 12) and refer for educational support and community-based rehabilitation if needed.