Point-and-Shoot Camera Recommendation Solicited

Kerry wrote: I'm looking for a P&S camera for my brother, the more bare bones in features, the better.  (He doesn't have a smart phone.)  He's been using a small, nearly feature-absent Pentax point-and-shoot for years, mainly to photograph household pets, but it has bitten the proverbial dust. I'm looking for something that's as easy to use and handle (it can't be too small--he has issues with tremors and would have a very hard time handling and operating a tiny camera) as possible, with as low a price tag as possible.

I've never been particularly up on the P&S camera category, but these days, with models rapidly dying, I know next to nothing about them.  A cursory search for reviews took me to a list of models that were too expensive and/or feature-rich, and an Amazon-based search turned up tons of models from brands I'd never heard of.

So, if anyone has a recommendation, I'd be most grateful.