My mother can use some help with her vision. She is 95 years old and
can no longer do many activities. She always enjoyed reading the
newspaper but due to poor vision she can only read the headlines. Her
vision seems OK when she uses her walker to move around the facility
where she is staying.

She has diabetes which contributes to her vision problems. Cataract
eye surgery on one eye last year did not improve her vision and her
doctors do not suggest another surgery at her age. When I drive mom
around town she can still read the large print on business store
fronts but has no chance of reading street signs. She does comment
about the lovely flower beds she can see when we drive.

I would love to find something that can make it easier for her to
read.

I saw on the craiglist in my area a couple of Jordy low vision systems
for sale. The more expensive system is the Jordy 2 which looks "gold"
in color on my PC screen. I believe the Jordy 2 is the newest model
available.

The other system is a "gray" color and I believe is an older model of
the Jordy system. The price of the "gray" model is about half the
price of the newer Jordy 2 (gold) model.

Can anyone tell me if the older "gray" model is still a good system or
is the newer Jordy 2 "gold" model the only one I should consider?

I expect we would set up the Jordy to act like a camera and project a
newspaper on to monitor for reading. The Jordy does have the other
options for viewing an object.

I appreciate any comments, opinions or suggestions you have on this
topic. Thank you.