April 2004

Sight-seeing on the Peninsula

Pensioners and Health Care Card holders can now receive low cost eye care and prescription glasses on the Peninsula.

Previously, people have had to travel into Melbourne to receive these discounts.

Peninsula Health’s Integrated Health Centre in Frankston is home to the optometry clinic that provides these services.

Optometrist Silvia Goldenberg manages the clinic.

‘All aspects of visual function are investigated at the clinic, such as eye health, binocular vision and spectacle prescriptions,’ Silvia said.

‘Contact lens care and services for children are also provided.

‘If glasses are clinically necessary for eligible patients they can be provided at a subsidised cost,’ she said.

People who are eligible to attend the clinic include permanent residents of the Frankston area who hold a Pensioner Concession Card or have held a Health Care Card continuously for at least six months.

The clinic forms part of the services provided by the Victorian College of Optometry and is supported by the Department of Human Services.

• For more information call 9784 8100.