My mom has beginning stages dementia. She has discovered that breaking her glasses gets some attention. I live with her so I don't know how I can give her anymore attention than I do. She goes to senior center day care for 6 hours 2 days a week. Puzzles are too difficult. She used to like to read but now it's difficult to even follow her favorite show Father Brown.
She's probably bored but breaking her glasses is getting expensive. Any ideas?
How is she breaking them? Can they be glued back together? May not be great but would work in a pinch until new ones arrive. Or if you do order on line order several. Get them all the same so you have "parts" to build new glasses as she breaks other ones.
I would not worry about looks just sturdy, functional frames.
And another though could you get the safety straps that will hold them onto her head, like the ones that are used when fishing or playing sports? That way it will be more difficult for her to get the glasses off to break them. May not be real comfortable at first but she would get used to them.
(duh? this is why I like reading this forum)
I can take them with me to my room. She doesn't use them to go to bathroom at night although now that she knows I'm taking them she may suddenly start to "need"
It appears to me she's actually just taking the arms and breaking them off. Another time they were broke in half at the bridge.
I'll keep online ordering in my bag of resources.
On a side note. I feel so sad that my Mom seems to enjoy going to eye doctor or any doctor for attention. Doctors these days don't have the time to visit with older folks the way they used to when my mom was a nurse. She graduated nursing school in 1948.
https://www.zennioptical.com/
https://www.goggles4u.com/
That's if these are prescription glasses. If they are generic reading glasses, try a dollar store. They are $1 each there.