Presbyopia is very common and it affects individuals after or near 40 years of age. Persons with presbyopia have difficulty in reading/writing and doing near work.

Our more senior relatives may show some extreme change in their lifestyles that as warning signals with greater trouble brewing in to either impair their vision or lead to a loss of vision.

When did you last hear one or all of the following complaints from your elderly relatives?

• Eye-strain, watering, redness of the eyes, and often headaches in the later part of the day
• Blurring of text after reading for a while
• Difficulty in walking the corridors and rooms they walked all their life, at night
• Spilling and bumping into furniture
• Scuffing before they take their next step
• Blaming the cable for bad service and the TV, for its small size
• Cannot cope with the house keeping
• Normal lighting hurting their eyes and giving them headaches
• Apathetic to going out and getting depressed.
• Worse, their penchant for reading disappears
• Not willing to drive
• Inability to follow instructions on the medicine bottles

We have seen it all and have accepted it as part of the aging process. We must recognize it as a call for help for vision impairment that can easily be corrected through right pair of glasses. Visit www.elderluxe.com for more information on designer glasses that would add elegance and convenience to the aging dignity. Regular checkups at least twice a year for anybody over 40 years would help correct and save their vision.

Handheld Optics like the Digital Magnifier, Reading Magnifier, QuickLook Magnifer, Telescope and Magnifier, Illuminated 10x Hand-Held Magnifier, Hand-Held Precision, Optics Magnifier, 5X Illuminated Hand-Held Magnifier or German-Engineered Reading Magnifier would make their life easy.

Desktop Opticals like the German-Engineered Reading Magnifier, Videolupe Hand-Held Video Magnifier, Full Page 2x Magnifier, or Azul Desk Accessory Set get the more elderly back with their reading and card games but, insist on getting their eyes thoroughly checked.

NEMO Digital Magnifier	Ash QuickLook Magnifer	Telescope and Magnifier
10x Illuminated Hand-Held Magnifier	Precision Optics Hand-Held Magnifier	5x Illuminated Hand-Held Magnifier
German-Engineered Reading Magnifier	Videolupe Hand-Held Video Magnifier	Full Page 2x Reading Magnifier

If a serious eye condition like the age related muscular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy had already set in; you can catch it well before the eye disease had progressed to an irreversible stage by regular eye check ups. Keep an eye open for the changing habits of your beloved elderly to help them at right time and can lead a life of quality for the rest of their lives.

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