Macular degeneration causes central vision to become blurry, but peripheral vision is left intact.
Nevertheless, this disease disrupts a person's ability to drive, read and recognize faces. At the international eye disease conference here this past December, researchers discussed how people with the wet form of macular degeneration who received radiation treatment experienced less vision loss over time than people who underwent the standard laser treatment. You can go on about your normal day's activity. The treatment maybe takes 10 minutes. The researchers did not indicate the necessity of the grandmother living with the family, only that there be regular involvement.