My husband is 75 and was diagnosed 5 years ago. He is very social and jokes a lot but has limited short term memory and has difficulty reading. He can’t remember how to sign his name. I’m afraid he won’t be able to take a vision test. Also his cataracts may be ready to be removed. It’s been 2 years since his last test. How do I handle it if he had cataract surgery? I don’t think he will stop touching his eyes. As an example, he keeps removing his hearing aids and last week he put one down the garbage disposal and it got ground up. I think he had it on his plate and when he went to wash the dish he washed the hearing aid down the drain. He had no knowledge or memory that he did it. Thanks for any suggestions about vision.
If there's no way to do cataract surgery, it's very difficult to get a good pair of prescription glasses because of the cataracts. Trust me, I've tried for myself. I put off the surgery because of covid and my glasses no longer work for long distance. . .AT ALL. I happened to try on an old pair (that actually belonged to someone else) and found I could use those to drive. My old progressive lenses still work for reading. If his don't, try some varying strengths of readers.
Good luck in your journey.
I cannot speak much to the cataract surgery, as I never had to deal with that, other than to say, that I would perhaps put that off as long as possible, and maybe just keep getting him stronger glasses, as his eyes get worse. I wish you the best.