60's +

Vision correction is required for just about everyone over age 60, as a normal, natural part of aging. The good news is that you have several options to maintain your 20/20 vision for as long as possible. 

Most seniors have presbyopia, an inability to see clearly at any distance. To correct your vision to 20/20, you may believe that glasses are your best option because of their progressive, bifocal or trifocal capabilities.  You may not be aware that contact lenses can correct presbyopia as well. 

Multi-Focal Contact Lenses

   Multi-focal contact lenses - including Bausch & Lomb PureVision® Multi-Focal Contact Lenses can correct presbyopia so that you can see comfortably up close and at a distance.  They may allow you to stay in your contacts instead of moving to reading glasses or bifocals.

Glasses

If you’ve always worn glasses and you’d prefer to continue doing so, you can learn about bifocal and trifocal lenses and their attributes at All About Vision, a consumer guide to eye care and vision correction.

Magnifiers and Vision Accessories

Reading the newspaper, embroidery, building models, and seeing the numbers on small technical instruments can become challenging as we move into presbyopia and experience other changes in our ability to see clearly. Brighter lighting can help with close-up work, but sometimes you need additional help.

Magnifiers bring fine print and needlework into focus, and they come in many sizes to help you match the level of magnification you need with the task in front of you.  

Need both hands to perform delicate work?  Try a hands-free magnifier.