Is it possible to increase the size of everything on the display (All fonts, icons, menu bars, etc) at once without changing the screen resolution?

I have a user with a new 27" Mac who is very.... specific... with how she wants things. She says she needs the displayed size of everything on her computer increased as everything is too small. I tried changing the resolution to 1920x1080, which she stated was around the size she wants, but this will not work for her since things aren't crystal clear and she says it hurts her eyes to view it like this.
I come from a Windows background so I assumed there would be a way to simply increase the display size of everything in one shot. If not, what hoops will I need to jump through to have this adjusted for every application on the machine?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

UNBCMike wrote:
I come from a Windows background so I assumed there would be a way to simply increase the display size of everything in one shot. If not, what hoops will I need to jump through to have this adjusted for every application on the machine?
OS X doesn't have a UI size increase ability like what you expect on Windows, it's been a long complaint of Mac users for ages, but Apple simply refuses to listen.
Add your voice to theirs here
https://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
I have a web browser solution here, the other opiton is to use a scroll wheel/head mouse and a Universal Access "control" key to press while scolling with the mouse up and down to zoom in/out where the mouse is pointed or some other trackpad etc arrangement.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3281

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