Lions Low Vision Center

Bristol Hospital, in partnership with the Bristol Lions Club, launched the Eye Care Project of Greater Bristol to promote healthy eye care and successful management of vision impairment by providing:

• Education about early detection of signs and symptoms of sight-related diseases
• Strategies for their prevention
• Information about existing eye care resources
• Greater access to timely medical or surgical interventions.

The efforts of this project, through the support of Bristol Hospital, the Bristol Lions Club and the Connecticut Lions Club, has resulted in the opening the Lions Low Vision Center on 975 Farmington Ave., Bristol. The Center is designed to help people with limited vision live and work with greater independence and safety. The Low Vision Center is staffed by an occupational therapist who has extensive experience in low vision rehabilitation and works closely with eye care professionals to evaluate their patients with low vision and assist the need for sight-enhancing aids and other techniques that will help people optimize their remaining sight. For more information, please call the Low Vision Center at 860-589-3587.