MDFA: See My World

The education team at MDFA talk through some of the most common questions about age-related macular degeneration (AMD). One in seven Australians over the age of 50 have some signs of AMD, and it is the leading cause of blindness in Australia.

Who cares for the carers? The impact of blindness and vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) not only affects patients. Research funded by Macular Disease Foundation Australia has looked at the impact and high level of distress and disruption it can also have on the lifestyles of family carers.   In this episode of the ‘See My World’ podcast series, MDFA Patron and media icon Ita Buttrose speaks with A/Professor Bamini Gopinath, from the University of Sydney, about her research on support services for family caregivers.

For Jean Kittson, one of Australia’s most loved performers, the familial risks associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) – Australia’s leading cause of blindness and severe vision loss – are startlingly real. Jean’s parents have both been blinded by macular disease. In the first of the MDFA’s ‘See My World’ podcast series, hosted by Patron Ita Buttrose, Jean gives a heartbreakingly raw account of the impact of vision loss on her parents and the hardship – and joys – of caring for them.