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Consider donating your vehicle of any kind (cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, etc.) to support the Foundation.
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| Patient
Care Program |
The Patient
Care Program was created more than 30 years ago to help financially
needy Oregonians receive the eye and ear surgery they need but
cannot afford. Qualified applicants receive quality medical treatment
with dignity, confidentiality and compassion.
The Oregon
Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation's Board of Trustees allocates
funds each year for this program. The Patient Care Committee meets
on the first Thursday of every month to review applicants referred
to the program through Lions clubs across the state.
Each case
is thoroughly examined and weighed against established qualifications
and guidelines. Every year, the Committee is able to help an average
of 50 people from all parts of the state and from all age groups.
Our Committee works hard to make the best use of its funds.
Thanks to
the generosity of doctors and hospitals across the state, we usually
pay around 1/3 the total regular cost for each procedure we sponsor.
This allows us to help more people each year. In most cases, when
the Committee sponsors an individual for treatment, they sponsor
the individual outright. The patient is not responsible for any
of the cost of the procedure.
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SERVICES
PROVIDED
The following
are procedures that the Patient Care program may be able to assist
with:
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| VISION |
HEARING |
| Cataract Surgery |
Adenoidectomy |
| Cornea Transplant |
Tympanoplasty |
| Enucleation |
Vitrectomy |
| Eye Muscle Surgery |
Mastoidectomy |
| Trabeculectomy
(glaucoma) |
Myringotomy |
| Pterygium Surgery |
Nasal Septoplasty |
| Retinal Detachment
Surgery |
Specialized Audio
Testing |
| Specialized Vision
Testing |
Tonsillectomy |
| Treatment of
Macular Degeneration |
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Patient Care Program does not consider applications for assistance
with eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids or assistive devices.
Those are considered individual Lions club projects. The program will
consider providing assistance for other sight & hearing conditions
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The applicant
must qualify for assistance under the Lions Patient Care Guidelines
specified by the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation's Board
of Trustees.
To qualify,
a client must:
- Be a resident
of the State of Oregon for at least 2 years.
- Be sponsored
by his or her local Lions, Lioness, Leo or Lions Auxiliary
Club.
- Be truly
needy. The financial guidelines of the Lions Patient Care
Program are set at 150% of the Federal Poverty Level
- Be without
other resources to pay for treatment. This includes private
insurance, Medicare, and the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid).
- It
should be noted that the Lions Foundation is considered
a "court
of last resort."
All other possible resources should be exhausted before the Lion's
Patient Care Program is accessed.
To access forms for this program, click on the appropriate link below:
Patient Service Financial Guidelines
Patient Care Application
Aplicacion Del Programa Para El Cuidado Del Paciente
For Eyeglass & Hearing Aid support, click here
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OLSHF - Patient Care Program
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1410 SW Morrison Street, Suite #760
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 827-6952 or (800) 635-4667
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All Rights Reserved © 2008 Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation |
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Oregon State Tax Charitable
Checkoff
#14
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"You can change a life without ever opening your checkbook!"
Please support Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation by entering #14 in the Charitable Checkoff section of your Oregon State tax return.
Fiscal Year 2007-08, we received $2,941.64
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