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alfie

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5. I'm thinking you are trying to have her match your needs, not hers.

Reply to csziggy (Original post)

Wed Nov 27, 2013, 05:05 AM

Nov 2013

She loves gardening! Don't move that lady into an institution, please. Maybe instead of writing her life story she would rather write a gardening tips column for the local paper, or join the local garden club...or start one. Do her caregivers enable her gardening? I'm sure it would be more enjoyable for her if someone would help move a heavy pot, or do the bending to pull a weed. Would she like more house plants, small ones like violets she could fuss with when her energy wanes at the end of the day?

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Keeping seniors engaged in life [View all] csziggy Nov 2013 OP

Maybe not practical but elleng Nov 2013 #1

We've talked with her about going into assisted living csziggy Nov 2013 #2

Maybe as an alternative to Assisted Living PRETZEL Nov 2013 #6

Get her a tape recorder and let her tell the story of her family and life. sinkingfeeling Nov 2013 #3

We've tried that - she just won't "talk to herself" csziggy Nov 2013 #4

I'm thinking you are trying to have her match your needs, not hers. alfie Nov 2013 #5

She IS very happy with her garden - that's why I don't want to move her csziggy Nov 2013 #7