The biggest message Prevent Blindness America wants people to take away from this year’s Cataract Awareness Month is that, while cataracts are still the most common cause of blindness, they are also treatable. In fact, thanks in part to increasingly advanced, more effective surgical techniques for cataracts, today’s older adults are reporting fewer visual impairments than the preceding generation of seniors. According to a Northwestern University study published in Ophthalmology last year, visual impairment in seniors 65 and older dropped 58 percent between 1984 and 2010. To see more details visit,www.aplaceformom.com