My mother is 95 and is on her computer constantly. She also loves to read, but has lost the sight in her right eye and the left now seems to be deteriorating. The fact that she is losing her sight is SO DISTRESSING to both of us, and we're in terrible fear and pain about this situation. She has a good ophthalmologist, we visit him regularly, and she uses her prescribed eyedrops religiously. It seems clear that nothing else can be done, since she has severe glaucoma, and we know that there is no cure for this condition. Has anyone had similar experiences, and if so, what advice can you give us?
There is also specialized equipment like a talking watch which my dad loves. I also found that an Amazon Alexa was helpful because he could tell it to play music, read a book, and could set his calendar and reminders to give him verbal cues since he could no longer read his writing. I also like that he could make a grocery list using it and I could pick it up right from my phone when I went to the grocery store. There are also special magnifying phone apps if your mom is a smart phone user, and voice commands for phones which my dad used frequently.
My dad is now just one month shy of 99 and has been dealing with this about 10 years. You need to get your mom using all this equipment now so she is able to learn how to use it and is very practiced as she ages as my dad has developed short term memory issues and now has forgotten how the equipment works or that it is available when he needs it. Until recently it has brought him many many hours of pleasure and he didn't feel that he was cut off from anything due to his low vision.
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