Eye health and dementia

This is an article for the general public which highlights why regular eye tests are helpful for people living with dementia, and that eye test procedures can be adapted to accommodate different types and levels of dementia.

This is an article for the general public about the aims of our research project, including a walkthrough video of our information booklet about eyecare for people living with dementia.

To find your closest dementia-friendly optometrist, check out our "Find an Optometrist” search tool. Use the drop down menu "Services provided" to find a dementia-friendly optometrist. You can select from ‘Residential aged care’ or ‘Dementia-Friendly’ options to find what you need. For home visits, you can check the Home Visit checkbox.

Good Vision for Life is an information and education hub about eye health. It is run by Optometry Australia, the peak professional body for optometrists. This website also provides information about eye conditions, different eyecare professionals and what they do, and what to expect from the eye test. This information is not specific to people with dementia. The ‘Find an Optometrist’ function is duplicated here for your convenience.

This is an article for eyecare professionals about the aims of our research project, including a walkthrough video of our information booklet about eyecare for people living with dementia. Please note that this web page, particularly the Tags section, is not laid out in a way that is easy for people living with dementia to read. Please refer instead to the version of this article for the general public linked in the previous section, as this is on a different website.

To support provision of high quality “dementia-friendly” eyecare, this scoping review summarises recent primary research findings and available clinical practice guidelines, to identify research gaps relating to vision and dementia, and make recommendations for future research and clinical practice.
Marianne E F Piano, Bao N Nguyen, Sena A Gocuk, Lynette Joubert & Allison M McKendrick (2023): Primary eyecare provision for people living with dementia: what do we need to know?, Clinical and Experimental Optometry 106(7): 711-25