He is an ederley chap with an invalid wife so I think most of his photography would be his grandchildren, flowers and his dog. I dont think he would want second hand and probably wouldn't want to bothered with an slr because of the lenses.
Most compacts will be quite small for an elderly person to handle tbh. The X30 would be better but it's over budget as the OP says he doesn't want 2nd hand.
Another vote here for the Fuji X30, you mention you don't want second hand but I've had quite a few cameras from the Fuji Refurbished store and everyone has been like new.
You get a 1 year Fuji Warranty and the only difference is that it comes in a refurbished box with all the accessories and you get 14 days to change your mind if you don't like it.
I had shortlisted down to the OMD range, Sony A5000 and RX100. But once I had tried the RX100, I found it was much to small for me with arthritic fingers. A mirrorless with one lens would cover most of the things you mention above.
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