Keeping seniors engaged in life

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7. She IS very happy with her garden - that's why I don't want to move her

My brother in law visits and helps with the garden and my sister helps somet. A few years back the family finally finished the greenhouse Dad was never able to complete and she has a place for her orchids.

She never got along with the garden club ladies - she thinks they don't know enough about their plants, LOL. She did 30 years of editing a newsletter and is not interested in writing or anything to do with publishing.

When I visit, I walk around the yard with her and help pick up fallen limbs and moss, but this visit I can't help much since my arm is in a brace.

The biggest problem is when we aren't there. Her caretakers are not interested in much at all and not in any of the subjects she's into. They don't read much and are just not intellectually stimulating.