{"id":28256,"date":"2025-09-01T13:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T03:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/?p=28256"},"modified":"2025-09-01T15:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:11:01","slug":"mobile-optometry-service-for-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/mobile-optometry-service-for-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Optometry Service for Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Residents and Families,<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to let you know that Whiddon Moree will be introducing a new <strong>mobile optometry service<\/strong> for our residents. This clinic specialises in providing on-site eye care to aged care facilities across Australia, offering the same quality of care you would expect from your local optometrist &#8211; all from the comfort of our home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Monday, 3rd November<br \/>\n<strong>Appointments:<\/strong> From 9:00am<br \/>\n<strong>How to book:<\/strong> Please contact our Administration team to arrange an appointment.<br \/>\n<strong>Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ESY-Optometry-Pamphlet-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information pamphlet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ESY-Optometry-Consent-Form-.pdf\">consent form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What residents can expect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bulk-billed eye examinations in the familiarity of our facility.<\/li>\n<li>Comprehensive checks for conditions such as cataracts, macular degeneration and glaucoma.<\/li>\n<li>A full eye care report provided to the facility and to the nominated EPOA\/NOK.<\/li>\n<li>Glasses and vision aids supplied (if required), with personalised engraving. Delivered and fitted on-site within 2\u20133 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>After-care services for glasses, including on-site repairs and adjustments.<\/li>\n<li>Referral to ophthalmology if needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are excited to be able to offer this new service and encourage families to take advantage of this convenient, high-quality care for their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact our Administration team.<br \/>\n&#8211; Whiddon Moree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Residents and Families, We are pleased to let you know that Whiddon Moree will be introducing a new mobile optometry service for our residents. This clinic specialises in providing on-site eye care to aged care facilities across Australia, offering the same quality of care you would expect from your local optometrist &#8211; all from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28261,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28256\/revisions\/28261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whiddon.com.au\/comms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}