Charlottetown Optometrists

The P.E.I. Association of Optometrists has launched an ad campaign in an attempt to clear up some confusion about what Health P.E.I. does and does not cover. “There are a few things that are different now, just in the last couple of years,’’ says Dr. Catherine Arsenault, an optometrist with Family Vision Centre in Charlottetown. “There seems…

Your optometrist can determine if you are a candidate for refractive surgery using the results of a complete eye examination. The examination will also determine which type of refractive surgery would be best for you. Your optometrist will then be responsible for all pre-operative and post-operative care, while the surgery itself is performed by an…

STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO CBC MARKETPLACE (FEBRUARY 24, 2012) On February 24, CBC Television’s Marketplace program featured a story on the price of prescription eyeglasses. Absent from the story was any reference to eye health or acknowledgement of the health risks associated with patients purchasing from unregulated retailers or the safeguards provided by regulations. As Doctors of Optometry, our…

What is an Optometrist? The Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO) defines an optometrist as “an independent primary health care provider who specializes in the examination, diagnosis, treatment, management and prevention of disease and disorders of the visual system, the eye and associated structures as well as the diagnosis of ocular manifestations of systemic conditions” As…

Kindergarten students in P.E.I. continue to benefit from ongoing free eye exams and glasses with help from the Eye See…Eye Learn program. The program focuses on early detection of eye and vision problems in young children as they enter the school system. Island kindergarten students are eligible for the program from July 1 to June…

About 80 percent of all babies are born far-sighted. Approximately five percent are born near-sighted, or unable to see objects at a distance clearly. Only about 15 percent are born with nothing wrong with the refractive parts of the eye. Farsightedness usually decreases as a child ages, typically normalizing to a negligible value by the…