My spectacles were knocked off my nose by a patient with dementia and hit the wall. This patient is known to be punchy and violent to staff. I was on my own and doing her feed. My optician said they are beyond repair. Both lenses are scratched, one is chipped and the arm has broken away from the lense on one side.
My employer is not interested. The specs are 2yrs old so probably need to be replaced but I feel they could have gone on another few years as my prescription has not changed and I do look after them well. I have a spare set of specs but not as nice and don't feel right now as they are probably slightly different prescription.
Anyone had this happen? What did you do? Sadly being a care worker I am not rich. The broken specs were £350 approx and I pushed the boat out when I treated myself to them. If I claim I have a £200 excess and my premiums will go up.