Advocating Change for Older People

Together

1 day ago

If you wear glasses 🤓🧐, you probably recognize how annoying it is to have dirt, grit, or grease stuck on the lenses. And beyond being frustrating, this difficulty can cause eye strain and headaches.😞

What’s more, bacteria are more likely to grow on glasses that haven’t been cleaned in a while. This fosters germs in sensitive areas, like your nose and your eyes.

A quick lens cleaning as part of your daily routine is ideal - with a frame clean, once a week - is all it takes to keep your glasses fresh and functioning!

Here's the "how to" guide!

✅ Wash your hands thoroughly so you’re not transferring germs from your hands to your glasses.

✅ Wipe your glasses down with a microfibre cloth to get rid of anything that could scratch your lenses.

✅ Run warm water over your glasses. Use distilled water instead of water from the tap if there’s hard water in your area.

✅Spray your glasses on both sides with cleaning solution if you have it. If you’re using washing up liquid, put a single drop on both sides of the lenses and gently rub it over the lens surface.

✅ Dry your glasses off by shaking off excess water droplets.

Make sure you don't neglect the frame as this is the part that actually touches your face! Pay particular attention to the nose pads and ear pieces!

Of course for many older people, glasses are necessary to enjoy life in so many ways - so do please check in with any older people your their life and remind them of the benefits of sparkly clean glasses! 😎

And remember, for any of life's challenges, big or small, advocates are still available to help, remotely for now, if needed.

Find an advocacy provider near you by clicking on the link.

opaal.org.uk/locations/

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Together

3 days ago

It’s National Eye Health Week #NEHW! And we couldn’t be more focused on bringing this important issue to your attention. 🤓👀👁

Did you know that a loss of sight is the sense that most of us would hate to lose over any other? And yet most of us fail to properly look after our precious eyes.

#NEHW tells us that 2 million people in the UK are living with a sight loss that is so severe it really impacts on how they can conduct their daily lives – and yet over half of all sight loss is avoidable?😯😢

We really must all do more to ensure that we preserve our precious vision and can continue to make the very most out of all life has to offer! So this week, keep your eyes: peeled; on the prize; and wide open (sorry folks!) as we take a good look at everything ocular!

www.opaal.org.uk

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