FAYETTEVILLE, NC – July 25, 2019 - Better Health and Home Instead Senior Care of Fayetteville have partnered to help bridge the gap in local veterans’ healthcare coverage. The Home Instead Senior Care Foundation recently donated $10,000 to Better Health’s Direct Aid program, which will specifically assist veterans and their dependents whose eyewear is not covered under existing benefits. Recipients can receive optometry exams and eyewear free of charge. Assistance can also include providing or replacing eyeglasses for military dependents.
“Vision is a crucial factor to one’s quality of life. Without our vision, everything else becomes limited. Assistance with eye glasses is a need for so many, and something we are asked about daily,” said Amy Navejas, Executive Director of Better Health. “When Home Instead of Fayetteville approached us about their desire to help veterans, we knew that we could make a significant impact together.”
“Glasses are expensive.” explains Kathryn McCarthy, joint owner of Home Instead Senior Care of Fayetteville, “It just makes sense to donate to a cause that is so necessary and will impact the lives of our veterans!”
Any veteran or military dependent in need of assistance can contact Better Health at 910-483-7534 to find out more about this free benefit. Better Health currently collaborates with Village Eye Care and Cape Fear Eye Associates to coordinate exams and order eyewear.
To continue providing eyewear to our local veterans, Better Health and Home Instead Senior Care are challenging the community to match the $10,000 donated by the Home Instead Foundation! If you can contribute to this cause, please call Better Health or visit https://better-health-of-cumberland-county-inc.networkforgood.com/.
About Better Health
Better Health is a nonprofit organization founded in 1958 with the mission of addressing the unmet healthcare needs in Cumberland County through education, referrals, and assistance. They offer this support by providing diabetes awareness education clinics, childhood obesity education, medical equipment loans, and assistance with emergency medical needs.
About Home Instead Senior Care
Home Instead Senior Care is an international company of independently owned franchises, founded in 1994 by Paul and Lori Hogan with a simple but important goal: to provide in-home care for seniors that would allow them to remain safe and independent. The local Fayetteville franchise began offering services to seniors of the community in 2006. The current owners, Bob and Kathryn McCarthy, purchased the local office from the original owners in 2015 and since cared for an average of over 400 seniors per year. Home Instead Senior Care of Fayetteville serves Cumberland, Hoke, Harnett, Moore and Lee counties. The Home Instead Senior Care Foundation was established in 2003 to assist seniors who utilize social service programs to enhance their quality of life and allow them to age with independence and dignity.
