Vision Support Officers (VSO)
Home Visits
Our Vision Support Officers (VSO) can help with
- Emotional & Practical Support
- Provide emotional support after a sight loss diagnosis
- Help patients understand what their eye condition means for daily life
- Be a reassuring point of contact at what can be a difficult time
Provide information & guidance
- Explain the diagnosis in plain terms
- Give advice about benefits and registration (such as being registered as sight impaired).
- Share information about equipment and practical aids that can help
Connecting you to Services
- Refer patients to rehabilitation or low vision services
- Help access local community support
- Liaise with hospital eye clinic staff to ensure early, joined up support
Who they work with
- Patients newly diagnosed with an eye condition
- People whose vision has been changing
- Family members and carers who need guidance too
In short a vision support officer acts as a bridge between the medical side of eye care and the practical, everyday support a person needs when facing sight loss so nobody has to navigate it alone.
Sight Support West Cumbria
Our drop-in Centre is open Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4 pm
22 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, CA28 7DG
Tel: 01946 592474
Email: info@sight-support.org.uk
Sight Support West Cumbria, Charity No. 1211460
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