The original Q was: "A point and shoot for 74yr old" - So I'm guessing he's not that interested in photography, otherwise there would be a "Starting point"
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LCD screens can be improved hugely by fitting what amounts to a "Slide-viewer" - these were popular with 35mm slides mounted in a 2"x2" card frame.
How:-
If you can stick/glue (and use a craft knife, with care!), then you only need to find a glass lens with a focal length about 50mm. Check this covers the whole LCD screen and then form, find, etc. suitable plastic ( eg tubs) to hold the lens square-on and exclude daylight. Some experimenting is needed !
For my NEX5 I knew I'd be looking for sharp-focus using a manual zoom-lens, outdoors - with a suitable glass lens and yoghurt pot, it was almost right....adding some soft plastic foam meant is stayed in place without scratching the screen. Light blackening applied to the inside and foam-edges and it's done. It is attached with a half-inch elastic band and a small stainless-steel clip which ensures it cannot slide down when in use.
When:-
I still find it useful for "sharp focus" but as I've got better (?), I'm using it less, but this may be in part because the long-focus zoom was damaged ( not by me! - slightly)..... so the camera uses the 3:1 standard Zoom with the AF most of the time. Rarely do I use Manual outdoors...
Hope that helps anyone with a DIY bent.