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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. If it’s important to you that your mother see the beach, some of you should take her to one of the local beaches for a day trip. [/quote]

This. The long trip is more than she can handle. Take her on a day trip and if that goes well you can do an overnight. But ten days is simply too much.[/quote]

I would say take her on a day trip, and if that goes well, you can do another day trip.

OP's original post says, "She loves the beach and would love to sit on the deck and look out at the ocean. But she wouldn't be able to do anything beyond that." When I read that, I thought about how hard is it on everyone to watch someone we love lose so many parts of themselves. But I don't think OP's mother would love looking out at the ocean on the originally planned trip -- she'd be too stressed and anxious about being removed from familiar surroundings to enjoy the beach and the ocean.

It's wonderful that OP and her family are willing to work so hard to do something for their mother, but no amount of effort is going to make a 10-day trip enjoyable for her, let alone the rest of the people on the trip. [/quote]

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