Possible to downgrade / replace T530 FHD screen?

Hi.  My 85 year old father (who lives in another state) recieved a T530 with an FHD screen.  The resolution is too high for him -- everything is too small.  He can't return the machine, and none of the usual fixes (changing DPI or lowering the resolution) work for him or all of the programs he uses. 
I've spent way too much time discussing this with him, (family tech support!) so now I have one simple question:
Is it possible to replace the FHD screen with an HD screen?  Is it a straight swap? 
Thanks for any help --
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I don't think you need to lower the resolution (non native resolutions always look bad/weird), have you tried increasing the size of the desktop icons to "big" and the fonts to 150% or so?
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