I too would recommend contacting the Macular Society. There is currently six months free membership. There most likely will be a support group in your area where chatting to others with the condition does help.
The counselling service provided is by telephone and there are telephone buddies who agree to ring and chat once a week.
The hospital she attends may have an eye clinic liaison officer who can give information about support in her area.
Also social services should have a low vision support team that could assess what support is needed in the home. There are many things that can help ranging from low tech bump ons to magnifiers of varying types.
There has been proven to be a genetic link so care should be taken by family members, frequent eye tests, healthy diets, wear sunglasses.
The AREDS2 formulation for supplements is the one recommended, as it was subjected to a clinical trial.
There is so much research going on at the moment into finding treatments and a cure. All of which is included in the quarterly Macular Society magazine. As V3ra says there is a lot of help available. I hope you find the help your mom needs.
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