A (Prospective/Pilot) Study Evaluating the Effect of Cataract Surgery on the Daily Activity Levels of Elderly Patients

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing bilateral cataract extraction by phacoemulisficatin with intraocular lens implantation and a planned bilateral distance vision target or patients with bilateral cataracts who are not having cataract surgery * Patients aged 60 years old or older * Best corrected visual acuity worse than 20/20 in each eye (meaning 20/25 or worse) * Non-comanged patients Exclusion Criteria: * Greater than 0.76 D pre-operative corneal cylinder, if having cataract surgery without a planned astigmatism correction (I.e Limbal relaxing incision or Toric intraocular lens) * Planned implantation of a multifocal intraocular lens * Visual field defect which may reduce mobility * Wheel chair bound patients * Reduced vision from an ocular disease other than cataracts * Patients with significant dementia who are not able to fully comprehend the informed consent