Although eye problems do affect all ages, it disproportionately affect seniors. Gratitude to our parents and grandparents demand we make extra efforts beyond advice. It demands making certain helpful products available to overcome elderly illusions, but also other services to encourage seniors towards enough exercise.
Yes! Exercise helps our overall health, including the eyes. However, the leaning on this writing is having enough daylight lightening for the homes, especially in Africa. Like many things in life, eye problems have direct and indirect victims, and thus demand global attention.
How much light you need to function on many tasks may be very different from how much light you need for healthy eyes, especially for the long term. Whereas we cannot replicate the brightness of the sweet African sunlight inside the homes, it is a good hint to strive for very bright lamps. Again, we are focusing on seniors, but the problem and remedy is global, in regards to effects.
Seniors tend to stay a lot more hours inside homes, so helping them get a very healthy home is vital. Although poverty may be a contributing factor in some cases, sometimes it is simply a lack of knowledge from personal level struggling to adapt, to the top scientists who are discovering new things after highlights by ordinary folks like you and I. How much Lumens (brightness) you need for long term eye health is yet to be properly studied or recommended? Although it is widely accepted that our eyes need light.