Can anyone recommend a very lightweight, soft and absorbent bath towel for the elderly to use? Bonus for a brand or style referral.

The one thing about towels is to make them soft people use fabric softener. Fabric softeners keeps towels from being absorbant. I do not use them. I dry my towels on low, hi tends to make them stiff. I was using those plastic dryer balls when drying them but just switched over to wool balls.

I use these Blanket / Wraps from Bali when I go swimming because they are Lightweight and dry quick I buy them in a shop called Beachology in Old Orchard beach , Maine - they Maybe able to give you the name of where you can Order them .

On Amazon.com...

Rainleaf Microfiber Towel
Quick Dry - Super Absorbent - Ultra Compact - Lightweight
Comes in a variety of colors, sizes and prices.

Sandcloud is very good. I first saw them as more towels, but we’ve them as regular bath towels. Very soft, very absorbent. A little pricey but they’ve held up quite well. And they’ve recently come out with a whole regular bath towel set.

I like the Turkish Towel Company Artisan Peshtemal Towel Sets from Costco.com

They are quite light and absorb well, but she may perceive them as being too thin, like a dish towel, but softer.