Independent Living For The Blind

Oib services may include rehabilitation teaching orientation mobility and orientation adjustment to blindness.
Independent living for the blind. Independent living aids low vision aids tools and technology for the blind and visually impaired stay active independent and make your life easier with the superb selection of low vision aids tools and technology from ila. Request our catalog. From 1980 to 1993 the program was administered by pensacola junior college and called scil skills center for independent living. Older blind program eligibility requirements are age 55 and legal blindness.
Adjustment to vision loss counseling and casework. Assistance with residing in the most independent setting possible. Follow our blog sign up for emails my account order tracking 0 00 view cart. Independent living services for the blind.
If the independent living program is unable to meet a person s needs that. The older individuals who are blind oib program helps persons who are blind or visually impaired achieve their goals for independent living. Am i eligible for the oib program. The vrb independent living for the blind program provides services to assist legally blind individuals adjust to their blindness.
After pjc lost funding for scil. Services are person centered and may be provided directly purchased or coordinated through other community resources. We offer comprehensive quality services to assist you in adjusting to your vision loss and learning to live independently and safely in your home and community. We sell a wide variety of aids for the blind and vision impaired including electronic magnifiers magnifying lamps talking clocks reading glasses and more.
The independent living skills program provides individual and group vision rehabilitation to adults and seniors to promote optimal independence in all activities of daily living and includes assistance with coping and adjustment to vision loss and low vision. Independent travel for the blind and visually impaired the blind life duration. Independent living iowa department for the blind overview part 9 of 10. Independent living aids llc.
Assisted living for the blind or vision impaired. The part b eligibility requirements are legal blindness and significant secondary disability. Il provides an alternative to living in a nursing home or other facility for eligible individuals. In a relatively short period of time assisted living has had to respond to different demands and evolve into something.
You are 55 years. The independent living rehabilitation program il helps consumers live a more independent life. Products for your active independent life. If you think back 30 years or so it s a term you were probably unfamiliar with and the term nursing home covered much of the wide spectrum of care options.
You may be eligible for oib services if you meet all of the following requirements. The blind life. For both programs gainful employment may not be feasible but independent living goals are.