The lockdown diaries (a fictional Covid-19 experience)
A lighter look from a fictional optometrist’s perspective of the Covid-19 lockdown experience...
Alex Petty6 min read
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A lighter look from a fictional optometrist’s perspective of the Covid-19 lockdown experience...
A 68-year-old man has been under my care for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). His right eye is under long-term anti-VEGF therapy for wet AMD. He has non-exudative (dry) AMD in his left eye and wanted to know if there was anything he could do to improve the outcome for his left eye. His visual
How can you continue to support your glaucoma patients remotely during a Level 4 or Level 3 lockdown? NZ Optics asked Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ) chair Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer for some advice. 1.
The Covid-19 pandemic and the Government’s Alert Level 4 lockdown has created a uniquely challenging landscape for employers to navigate. Not only does it present an extremely trying set of commercial
I’m writing this sitting at the dining room table - it’s my “home office”. As I’m the only family member who leaves the house to go to work, I get relegated. “First up, best dressed,” as my mum used
At last, after 4,000 generations of farmers plus one speechwriter, there's someone in our family working in the field of optical dispensing.
This year’s squint club was held in beautiful Adelaide, with lectures held at the Women’s & Children’s Hospital. This annual meeting is always a great opportunity to catch up with colleagues from across New Zealand and Australia, as well as learning about challenging strabismus cases and surgica
This year’s highly successful 37th Cornea and Eye Bank Meeting was held over two stunning summer days at the Hilton Hotel in Auckland overlooking the bustling Waitemata Harbour.
Running an independent optometry practice in 2020 is challenging; managers and owners are required to wear many different hats. Not only are large competitors saturating the market, patients’ expectations are higher than ever. Fortunately, there are more ways than ever to promote your practice, reac
In a very short space of time we have plunged into the unknown. Overnight our daily vocabulary has transformed to include Covid-19, PPE, ‘flattening the curve’, infection spikes, contamination,
This year’s Australia & New Zealand Glaucoma Society (ANZGS) meeting was held in the South Australian city of Adelaide. The magnificent Adelaide Oval Stadium was a much-approved choice of venue for the conference, particularly for those cricket fans among us, as it is the ‘home’ of the legendary
100% Optical is a reasonably new show to the UK optical industry; it is now in its seventh year. I worked with the show when it first began, back in February 2014, and the following year before going on maternity leave with my first baby. Fast forward to January 2020: I was back working with the sho