Senior citizens account for 12% of the world’s population- and the number will rapidly be increased to over 22% by 2050. This makes it important to understand the challenges faced by people as they age and recognize that there are preventive measures that can place yourself (or a loved one) on a path to healthy ageing. Degenerative diseases like Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Osteoarthritis, Parkinson’s disease and retinal eye diseases like Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) are common amongst the elderly population. Of the various eye disorders, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) constitutes for 8.7% of blindness in the world.

Lack of awareness about eye-related diseases and their symptoms lead to delay in seeking treatment. While cornea-related diseases (front of the eye) are easily recognized, retinal diseases (back of the eye) are sparsely recognized by the patients and the caregivers. 1 in 5 people over the age of 65 are at the Risk of AMD.