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Gardening With A Loved One: Crops That Make the Most “Cents”

Gardening With A Loved One: Crops That Make the Most “Cents”

I have written several times about how gardening is a wonderful activity to share with an aging loved one. It’s an easy way for them to participate and feel that they are making a contribution. It’s also a calming experience for the caregiver. Gardening is...

Giving Your Care Recipient a Feeling of Usefullness

  “I don’t know what to do with the parent/partner/friend/spouse I am caring for all day long. They are still cognizant enough to know what is going on, but I really can’t just give them a job to do , one that has any importance, unsupervised....

Making The Garden Elder Friendly

I LOVE gardening.  It’s in my blood.  Growing up in a small town in Canada, it was rare to see a home that did NOT have both a vegetable and a cutting flower garden in the backyard.  When I moved to California, we didn’t have room for the veggies, but we...