How can my wife, who is bed ridden and in hospice, get an eye exam and new glasses?

She may not be able to see well because of her Dementia. My Mom was an avid reader but she could not read a book anymore once she had Dementia. And crosswords, forget that.

Call a nursing home near you. See if there is an eye doctor that visits their residents. Doctors don't need all the equipment to help determine what strength glasses are needed. My nephew had glasses at 8 months. When I asked the doctor how they could determine his prescription he said by how the light hits the eye. I think its the back if the eye. Call her eyedoctor and tell him whats going on. Maybe he can give you the strength of reader that may help.

Get her some simple magnifying glasses level 5.00 from Amazon. This will help with the puzzles. She doesn't really require other glasses. You can also purchase nifty magnifying lamps that she can have put onto her over bed table and that are easily adjusted. Look for magnifying thing online at Amazon to give yourself some ideas of availability for things to help.

Just invest in several different strength reading glasses from Walmart, CVS or the like, and have her try them to see which one works best for her and then take the rest back.

I guess you'd need to figure out medical transportation to get her to the eye exam appointment. Or buy her some readers at the store. For an eye exam, she needs to sit in the chair and to tell the optometrist which lenses are clearer, A or B, C or D.

Good luck to you.

Walmart and other stores have eye exams .