Resources for Cataract Patients
RESOURCES TO HELP YOU COPE WITH CATARACTS

Understanding Cataracts
Understanding Cataracts, by the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, is a very informative booklet for people affected by cataracts.1

OSSA Right to Sight Trust
OSSA (the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa), is working to reduce preventable blindness caused by eye conditions like cataracts, through their registered public benefit organisation, the Right to Sight Trust.2

Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness
The South African Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness focuses on helping people in rural areas, where access to eye care services is limited.3 The Bureau’s services include a Cataract Outreach Programme.3

After Cataracts Surgery4,5
This video, 8 Tips for After Cataract Surgery, will help you know what to do as you recover from having your cataracts removed. It is also available as a downloadable leaflet.

How to Use Eye Drops
How to Use Eye Drops is a step-by-step guide available here as a downloadable leaflet, in multiple languages, or as an animated video.
READ THE CATARACTS AND HOW TO USE EYEDROPS BOOKLETS
Adcock Ingram has created a range of information booklets available in various languages to download

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