Eyes are the most delicate and important of all the organs. And as we get older the focus gets deteriorated, the ability to see things gets weaken. Actually, as the age increases the soft lenses of our eyes get harder and looses the flexibility and this condition is known Presbyopia, find generally in older group of people. The older we get, tougher to have focus on the reading material. As the vision gets blur while reading, it means that you need an optical eyewear. Prescription eyeglasses are must if you are not able to read the things clearly. Symptoms of presbyopia means that single vision eye glasses won't work anymore you need to buy eyeglasses with multi-focal prescription. Aging eyes need more care while buying eyeglasses. Commonly used are reading glasses or multifocal lenses.

Reading Glasses are the most prominently used eyeglasses. People suffering from Presbyopia use reading glasses. These glasses are meant to be used when you are reading or looking at objects closely and when looking far off you take the glasses off else it causes eye strain. Reading glasses are just like magnifying glasses or you can say they are well known as single-vision magnifiers. You can buy eyeglasses from a drug store, grocery store and do check for the discount rates. Most of the time optical eyewear are available on good discounted rates and can even be bought online. Don't worry about the cost, as they are not expensive and more over it comes with a replacement. And not only in regards to co rectification of vision but is also used by people who love sports or are involved with some recreational activities but they go for prescription eyeglasses. For instance a golfer needs to be able to see well in order to tee up. They were developed for professional group of people like athletics, swimmers etc. Prescription eyeglasses are for outdoor activities too. Especially designed glasses were available for diving, swimming, skiing, for shooters.

Multi-Focal Lenses

The other category of eyeglasses for the aged people is multi focal eyeglasses. These are the best glasses for far sightedness, i.e to see the objects which are far off. These are probably the best eyeglasses for the aged people.

Bifocal reading glasses

Bifocal reading glasses are combination of two types of lenses or two sets of glasses in one to help you to see both the things closer and the far sighted of things.

Trifocals eyeglasses

Trifocal eyeglasses are the type of optical eyewear, in which there is a third lens that covers the distance in between. Previously the prescription eyeglasses use to have a significant segregation lines on the lens, which shows everyone that you were wearing a multi-focal lens but the time has changed. In the present era there are progressive lenses which have no lines on them

So just choose the best prescription glasses for your aging parents or grandparents. But don't buy too expensive optical eyewear and make sure you buy eyeglasses which are comfortable and durable at the same time.