Eye Care for your Whole Family
eye-bar offers comprehensive eye care for your entire family – infants, toddlers, kids, teens, adults and seniors.
eye-bar offers the following eye care services:
- Comprehensive Eye Examinations
- Contact Lenses
- Laser Eye Surgery Consultations and Refferals
- Cataract Assessment
- Eye Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Eye Emergencies from Vision Loss to Red Eyes
Alberta Health Care covers annual eye exams for all Albertans between the ages 0-18 and anyone 65 years of age and older. All emergency visits and medically necessary testing is also covered by Alberta Health Care.
eye-bar optometrists are passionate about delivering top-notch care for your eyes. Learn more about how eye-bar optometrists can preserve, protect and care for the eye health of your entire family.
Infants/Toddlers (Age: 0-3 years):
- Every child should have an eye exam by the age of 3
- eye-bar optometrists will see patients at any age (including babies!)
- Annual eye examinations are covered by Alberta Health Care.
- Emergency visits and visual concerns are also covered by Alberta Health Care
Kindergarten = Free eyeglasses
eye-bar participates in the Eye See… Eye Learn program offering free eyeglasses to children in kindergarten if they are prescribed by an eye doctor. Learn more.
- Vision is essential for excelling in school, sports and hobbies.
- Critical time for identifying weaknesses and eye health issues that need to be addressed during these important developmental years
- Annual eye examinations are covered by Alberta Health Care.
- Emergency visits and visual concerns are also covered by Alberta Health Care
- Vision should be evaluated prior to obtaining a driving license to ensure optimal acuity for day and night driving.
- Annual eye examinations are covered by Alberta Health Care.
- Emergency visits and visual concerns are also covered by Alberta Health Care
- Adults should have regular eye health exams; vision testing or sight testing is not sufficient as they only check for eyeglasses but do not factor in your overall eye health.
- Vision correction solutions that consider lifestyle, occupational demands, safety and sports.
- Address eye health concerns such as dry eye, allergies and family's eye health history.
- eye-bar offers refractive surgery consultations. Both Dr. Ross McKenzie and Dr. Amy Bakelaar work alongside ophthalmologists offering state-of-the-art femtosecond laser vision correction, implantable contact lenses and elective cataract procedures.
- The prevalence of eye disease increases as we age, escalating the importance of annual eye health exams.
- Early detection and treatment of conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration is key for preventing or delaying devastating vision loss.
- At eye-bar, seniors receive annual eye health examinations plus a routine dilated retinal examination when medically required.
- eye-bar optometrists work closely with ophthalmologists and will make all arrangements to ensure proper eye care treatment is received.
- Annual eye examinations are covered by Alberta Health Care.
- Emergency visits and visual concerns are also covered by Alberta Health Care
- Annual eye examinations provide piece of mind.
eye-bar offers optometry services for your entire family in Sherwood Park.
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