2 ^ ^ _ 2 h e ^ ortland Observer-August 1 4, 1991
Cascade Vision Center
Offers Affordable Eye Care
V ision C enter
Otters Low-Cost Care/Free Screenings
Q uality vision care based on ability to pay is avail­
able at the Pacific University Cascade Campus Family
Vision Center, located at 600 N. Killingsworth, across
the street from the Portland
Community College Cascade
Campus.
S ervices include complete
vision exams, specialty care,
patient dispensary, and free
vision screenings for all ages.
Patients pay for services ac­
cording to individual or fam­
ily income. The Center does
include a minimum pay level
and most patients receive
some fee adjustment due to
limited income.
T he C ascade Campus Fam­
ily Vision Center is open
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday during regular business hours. The Center
will expand to a fourth day of service this fall. For more
information, scheduling, and free vision screenings,
please call 240-5319.
Pacific University
By Billy Don Moore
Pacific University College o f Op­
tometry opened its com m unity based
fam ily vision center about six years
ago in Northeast Portland. Known as
the Cascade Vision Center, i t ’s lo­
cated on the Portland C om m unity
College Cascade Campus at 600 N.
Killingsworth Sheet. The clinic’s main
purpose is to provide low-cost eye
care fo r people in need. The services
at the c lin ic are not free but the cost
can be tailored to f it your budget
Heading up the clin ic is Kather­
ine Hinshaw, D.O., a graduate o f
Pacific University College o f O p­
tometry, the o nly college o f its kind
in the Northwest. The students who
w ork at the c lin ic are capable and
w ell trained under the direction o f
Katherine Hinshaw. Dr. Hinshaw takes
great pride in providing eye care such
as free screening for all ages in ordr
to determine what a patients eye care
needs are.
The V ision Center determines a
patient’ s a b ility to pay fo r the serv­
ices according to individual or fam ­
ily income. The c lin ic does have a
m inim um pay level fo r services and
most patients receive some fee ad­
justm ent due to lim ited income.
This is a fine program that needs
to be utilized by the com m unity. I f
your eye care problems cannot be
treated at the Cascade V ision Center,
the college has tw o other centers
w ithin theirow n system that they can
refer patients to.
Dr. Hinshaw notes the Cascade
Fam ily V ision Center is currently
open Tuesday , Wednesday and Thurs­
day during regular business hours,
and that the c lin ic w ill add a fourth
day o f operation beginning this fall.
D irector o f C om m unity Rcla-
600 N. Killingsworth 240-5319
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I’ll quit.
tions, Steve Fletcher, says “ w ith in the
there is affordable vision services. We
past two years we have doubled our
o ffice hours because o f increasing
are very pleased w ith this expansion
and are comm itted to continue provid­
ing the highest quality eye care and
keeping it as affordable as we can.”
awareness and the demand fo r the serv­
ices. We planned to increase media cov­
erage to better get the word out that
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A four year resident does a free screening for a child at Cascade Vision
Center.
Gar Wash
10 A.M.
Cascade Campus Family Vision Center
Katherine Hinshaw, Clinic Director, shows one of the residents a point of
interest on glaucoma chart.
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