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If you have an aging parent who has been diagnosed with macular degeneration, you may have already witnessed the fright your parent is experiencing at the thought of possibly becoming blind. Someone with macular degeneration may become angry or depressed when faced with the potential loss of independence, but there are many things that can be done to allow that person to live at home and maintain a great deal of independence.

Just about everyone experiences some degree of vision loss as we age. But severe vision loss is a significant problem affecting millions of elderly Americans. In fact, according to the most recent Longitudinal Prevalence of Major Eye Diseases research, almost 7 million Americans over the age of 65 have severe visual impairment. Perhaps more stunning is that these same experts predict that given the current growth in the aging population that number is likely to double by 2030.