L.E.E.D.S.Lions, Eye, Ear, Diabetes Screening - Tuesdays at 7 p.m
L.E.E.D.S.Lions, Eye, Ear, Diabetes Screening
President John Walsh 1 (732) 946-0591
jokwalsh@optonline.net
Meetings:
When: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. (see schedule below)
Where: ML Building, 4400 US Route 9, South Freehold, NJ
Announcements :
L.E.E.D.S. (Lions, Eye, Ear, Diabetes Screening) was founded more than 25 years ago as a site project of District 16b Lions Clubs of New Jersey. Our organization provides health services to the community, such as eye exams, blood pressure readings, hearing tests and diabetes screening.
In cooperation with Centra States Hospital in Freehold, L.E.E.D.S. also brings health awareness to the community via a mobile van. The mobile van provides eye screening, blood pressure readings, hearing tests and diabetes screening.
L.E.E.D.S. also provides portable eye-screening equipment to be used with individual patients and for group eye-screening activities in the community.
Contact John Allen at 1 (732) 928-5863 or Dr. Mark Shteir at 1 (732) 780-9710 for portable eye screening equipment.
The following portable eye screening equipment is available:
1) The Photoscreener Camera is used for non-verbal children between the ages of 3 to 6 years. The Photoscreener Camera takes polaroid pictures that can tell you if the child is farsighted, nearsighted , has astigmatism, has a cataract, has a crossed eye or if the child has anisemtropia (unequal powers between the two eyes). You can have an optometrist or an ophthalmologist analyze the pictures or send the pictures to the Camden Optometric Center where they analyze the pictures and send your Club and the school a report. Lions John Walsh, John Allen, PDG, Jim Hynes, PDG and Mel Bray, PDG, in L.E.E.D.S. have used the camera the most.
2) Mentor Tonopen measures the Intraocular pressure which is a test for glaucoma. An optometrist or an ophthalmologist is required to perform this test.
3) The Frequency Doubling Technology Visual Field Instrument measures a person's peripheral vision and can tell you if their peripheral visual field loss is due to glaucoma or a neurological problem. The test takes 30 seconds per eye and you get a tape coming out of the instrument which an optometrist or an ophthalmologist must analyze or you can fax the tape to an optometrist or an ophthalmologist to evaluate it, as Lion Mel Bray's club has done.
4) Portable slit lamp that evaluates the health of the structures of the eye such as the cornea, the lens for cataracts and diseases of the retina. An optometrist or ophthalmologist who is trained to use the portable slit lamp is necessary.
5) The Health Awareness Van (H.A.V.) which was purchased jointly with L.E.E.D.S. and Centra State Medical Center. On the H.A.V. are nurses that do blood pressure testing, blood sugar screening for diabetes, Hemoglobin A1C testing for diabetes, audiometer testing for hearing and cholesterol testing. For A1C testing there is a charge of $6.25 per person unless a Club wants to pick up the cost.
Partners in Vision Care
Lions Eye, Ear & Diabetes Centers (L.E.E.D.S.)
Activities :
L.E.E.D.S. Mission Statement:
To help those in need in Lions District 16-B by working with hospitals, health care organizations and health practioners to provide vision, auditory and diabetic screenings to assist in the early identification of health problems and to enable these health care groups to acquire the necessary technology and equipment to screen and provide treatments to affected individuals.
L.E.E.D.S. is collecting old hearing aids from Lions Clubs. They will be used in an exchange program to purchase new hearing aids for needy individuals. Please contact any of the L.E.E.D.S officers for additional information.
Meeting Schedule:
November 18, 2008; January 20, 2009; March 17, 2009 (Parade of Checks Dinner); May 19, 2009
