Does anyone know of any good games, apps I can play with my elderly 93 y/o Dad. He’s recently lost a great deal of eyesight since his stroke. He was very active up until then. He was familiar with Facebook and manned to play crib and euchre on his tablet.
The sight loss, makes using the tablet a little difficult, it’s his depth of field, so he taps in the wrong place, although it looks right to him.
Does anyone know of any games we can play together, yet separately? He can be in his room on his tablet or wherever.
Maybe a tic tak toe type app. I don’t really play games so I don’t know where to search. I have an Apple, my Dads is Android.
Thanks in Advance. Sorry we’ve had to meet under these conditions😒
My dad has had limited sight (macular degeneration, glaucoma, retinal occulsion) for many years He lives in an assisted living apartment and except for getting medication management and his meals provided takes care of all of his other needs. I was lucky to have a friend who was a specialist in low vision to get me familiar with the services and aids available. There are special low-vision optometrists who can help you find ways to maximize your remaining sight. I highly recommend seeing one and they will help you select tools and equipment to make daily tasks easier.
Also, do a google search on "low vision products" and you'll get a lot of catalogs with items you might want to get for him. My dad has a talking watch that gives the day, date, time. In addition to my dad's huge and expensive magnifier/reader machine, smaller items that are useful are stick-on rubber buttons to help him find the correct buttons to push on the tv remote and a talking alarm clock. We've also found that an Amazon Echo/Alexa is wonderful for providing reminders, keeping up with a calendar, listening to music, getting news updates.
Limited sight presents a very special set of challenges as you age. Getting him used to using the tools that will help is critical before he loses too much memory. I can no longer introduce new equipment to my dad but he is good at using what he is familiar with so get your familiar and using things as soon as you can.
I bought children's large size puzzles, with pieces about 3" and up. If it's hard to match colors, matching notches might be possible.
- in fact, you could have the best fun ever researching this!
Oh, I see - you don't live with or near him? Do you or does anyone else get to spend much time with him?
Whatever you choose for him, don't be disappointed if he doesn't join in as enthusiastically as you'd hoped. Fatigue affects the enjoyment we get from concentrating on these games; plus although you may fear boredom for him, he probably isn't nearly as bored as you think.
Does he like music? Can you set up some music apps for him?
Does he like books? We have a fantastic local radio station here in uptown New Orleans on Magazine St. Just as many sighted people listen as blind. I listen to it all the time. It’s WRBH.org
They read all the national best sellers, local authors that are wonderful books about our city, fiction, non fiction, newspapers, our local paper and The Wall St. Journal, medical journals, magazines such as National Geographic, The New Yorker, Forbes, etc. Wonderful station. You can stream on their website. If you have a problem I will give you my email address and try to send you a link.
Best wishes to you and your dad.