Aging, hand shake, and grip ergonomics

I'm shopping for a mother's day gift and I'm trying to take on the perspective of my aging mother, who has shaky hands and whose wrist, finger, and overall arm strength is much weaker.

I'm mainly looking at 1-inch sensor cameras, which all seem to come with almost no front or rear body grip. As cameras have gotten smaller, the area for holding them has as well. Even the Lumix TZ100 and TZ200 -- with 200+mm zooms, have barely any place to really hold onto the camera to stabilize it. I don't have direct experience using them, but I'm wondering if anyone here has experience with grip ergonomics?

I recently settled on the G1 X II and the RX100 II - basically identical cameras, but the G1X II has a much larger grip, and seemingly much sturdier build quality (for the inevitable drops).

I plan to test them both further at B&H, but I wondered if anyone here has ideas or reactions about their hand shake and ability to grip smaller pocket cameras.

Unless your mother is experienced with complex cameras or eager to learn and use their advantages you might want to consider size, weight and simplicity over grip configuration. And if she is not good friends with a computer you might consider something wifi enabled that would automatically upload her work as soon as she gets home.

My spouse does not have shaky hands or limited strength and uses computers without frequent complaint. Still, her camera priorities begin and end with simple. She takes a shot, there it is on Google Photos, and she's a happy photographer.

A small decorator case/purse might also be nice. <G>

Whatever you do get for her, I would suggest an attached wrist strap for those inevitable drop possibilities.

Tixeon wrote in post #18860783
Whatever you do get for her, I would suggest an attached wrist strap for those inevitable drop possibilities.

That was my first thought, too.

What did you get your mother, Shrine?

AZGeorge wrote in post #18861472
What did you get your mother, Shrine?

Hi George,

thanks for your answer earlier. With so many of the cameras having complexity anyway, I did end up going with the too-complex Lumix ZS100. It seems to have a much larger grip than its smaller Canon G7 and Sony RX100 counterparts. I did find however that after-party grips are sold for almost all the cameras out there.

I also went with the notion that a large aperture, better sensor, and better IS will do more to reduce their hand shake than grip.

It's increasingly an issue and I hope someone else finds this thread helpful in the future. I think a bridge zoom camera with a large sensor is probably the best pick, if anyone is dealing with severe shake.

The DJI Osmo camcorder/camera/stabi​lizer is also a really interesting choice that someone mentioned at DPreview, definitely keeping my eye on it for father's day. It looks like a great companion even for someone with a neurodegenerative or other movement disorder.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts.