[sophiedog]

So sorry to hear about your grandpa. My father is 87 and has had md for 2 years now. He has less than 5% of his sight left, but he can see some around the edges. What many people don't realize is losing sight at this age is harder because the elderly can't learn as much as a younger person. My father can't learn braille and gets confused so coding and such doesn't work. He can still vacuum and do minor chores and he has special places for things and nothing has been moved in the house since he lost his sight. Mom puts his pants and shirts in pairs for him. He can't cook anything though, or make a sandwich or get his medicine but he can take care of his personal hygiene. He can't see the tv, but we found him an extra large remote at Radio Shack and he has a watch and clock that tell him the time and mom glues pieces of rice to the redial on the phone for the times she has to leave him.
The biggest thing to remember is to let him do as much as he can without help, to treat him as if he can see better than he can, to let him spill things and quietly clean up after instead of doing it for him. My dad won't hardly go anywhere now, he doesn't see the point in going places if he can't see things. Also, he doesn't have anything to do with himself, he was always busy and like to make things and now we're finding it hard to find things for him to do on his own. Depression hits often but we find if people will visit him he does better. I take care of him quite a bit because mom gets sick and he likes it when I come because he says I don't try to do things for him and treat him like somethings wrong with him and hang on him like my half sisters do whenever they're with him. Good luck and I will be praying for your family, this can be a very difficult time for everyone.