LEEDS Lions, Eye, Ear, Diabetes Screening

	District 16B LEEDS Lions, Eye, Ear, Diabetes Screening Regional New Jersey United States
This Page address: http://leeds16bnj.lionwap.org Our other Web Address: www.leedsnj.org

Meetings:

When: Tuesday at 7 p.m. (see schedule below)
Where: Centra State Hospital - Health Fitness Center Room C

Officers:

	Name	Office Tel	Home Tel
President		1 (732) 928-5863
1st Vice President		1 (732) 842-6373
Secretary		1 (732) 780-9710
Treasurer		1 (732) 845-4755
Membership Chairman

Announcements :

LEEDS MISSION STATEMENT

TO PROVIDE VISION, DIABETIC AND AUDITORY SCREENINGS
TO HELP IN THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF HEALTH PROBLEMS;
TO PROVIDE TEST RESULTS TO AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS AS WELL
AS REFERRALS TO APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS.

LEEDS (Lions, Eye, Ear, Diabetes Screening) was founded more than 25 years ago as a site project of District 16B Lions Clubs of New Jersey.

LEEDS provides health services to the community, such as eye exams, blood pressure readings, hearing tests and diabetes screening.

LEEDS in cooperation with Centra States Hospital in Freehold 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.

LEEDS 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) SureSight™ Vision Screener Test for the primary vision disorder in children, refractive error, with this child-friendly unit that engages youngsters, puts them at ease, and requires minimal cooperation.

Five-second, automatic test makes patient compliance easier
Lights and sounds engage child’s attention
Measures and indicates abnormal readings automatically—no provider interpretation required
Operates at a nonthreatening 14 inches (35 cm) distance
Minimal cooperation is necessary, making it equally effective for children, disabled patients and those with a language barrier
Screens for common vision problems, including near- and farsightedness (myopia/hyperopia), astigmatism (asymmetrical focus) and anisometropia (unequal power between eyes)

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 LEEDS 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.

Activities :

To see why we do what we do

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LEEDS 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 LEEDS officers for additional information.

Meeting Schedule:

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Tuesday August 30th, 2011

Tuesday November 29th, 2011

We will be meeting at the CentraState Health Awareness & Fitness Center at 7 PM in Conference Room 'C'