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Vision Benefits: What Your Employees Want and Need

In these quarterly segments, you’ve learned about DeltaVision® benefits and the value of offering them to employees. Now, let’s discuss features your employees will want and need.

Let’s start with retinal imaging. This feature allows the eye doctor to view the retina without having to dilate eyes with drops. It’s quick, and there is no vision adjustment period afterward. Many things can be detected from this test, including heart disease, since looking at the retina vessels reveals cardiovascular risks. Interestingly, these images are beginning to predict Alzheimer’s risks as well. More studies are being done in this area; you can visit the Alzheimer’s Association and National Library of Medicine websites for publications.

Blue light filtering is another popular request from employees. Putting this protection on lenses improves tired eyes, dry eyes, headaches, and eye strain, and can even improve sleep cycles. When this filter is not on glasses or contacts, many who are being exposed to blue light (from digital devices like computers, cell phones, tablets, and video games), particularly right before bed, are experiencing interrupted sleep cycles. Lack of sleep can lead the way for potential risks of heart issues, diabetes, or stroke. Including this coverage on your vision plan is highly advised.

Diabetes management is just as important on your vision plan as it is on your medical coverage. It’s recommended that those with diabetes should have their eyes examined twice per year. Be sure your plan includes the ability to have diabetics’ vision checked semi-annually! (Non-diabetics are still covered for annual exams.)

Lastly, let’s cover transition lenses. We’ve all heard about transition lenses for your glasses, but are you aware you can obtain them for your contacts as well? Like glasses, they balance the amount of indoor and outdoor lighting while filtering blue light and blocking harmful UV rays as well. Just like glasses, the contacts will darken when outside and adjust back to normal once you come indoors. This technology is fantastic for athletes who play outdoor sports.

DeltaVision plans include all these suggested features. Let me know if we can review your vision coverage!

Jackie Bloomer, Sales Executive - Delta Dental

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