Alzheimer’s patients have ‘significantly’ worse vision

Researchers have found that Alzheimer’s patients have “significantly worse” vision than others in their age group, and are more likely to be deficient in key nutrients in the eye.

A multi-disciplinary team from the Vision Research Centre at Waterford Institute of Technology also discovered it is possible to improve the vision of patients with Alzheimer’s by providing supplements which include the carotenoid macular pigment.

The findings have been published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease following funding by the UK-based Howard Foundation.