Vacation ideas for elderly mother

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I'm not sure how long we have left with her, so I'd like to take her somewhere for a week or so, probably late fall or early spring.

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Not trying to be ridiculously insensitive, but you might want to get crackin' on this vacation instead of waiting until late fall, early spring.

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late fall 

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Fly into Logan Airport, tour Boston for a few days and then go see the foliage in Vermont and New Hampshire.

New England when the leaves change colors? Old people love that shite. Can ride around in the car, visit a maple syrup farm, cool weather, and so on.

I'm pretty sure they even have a tourism industry that targets elderly people.

Old people love them some Branson.

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I want to take my mother on a vacation with us. Party would include her, myself, wife, and two teenage sons.

She doesn't walk very well; would use a wheelchair where possible.

Doesn't dig hot weather

Smokes like a freight train.

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Problem solved. Go wherever you want

take her gambling. she can play the slots and smoke.

take your boys to see triple A baseball (vegas, biloxi etc)

wife can go to the spa

How about taking her someplace that's nostalgic or meaningful to her? At this stage of her life, she might be more entertained by a visit to an old hometown, or a place where she lived as a child, or her old college campus rather than seeing an entirely new place. If the point is to spend time with her, then you might not need to travel very far at all.

Does she having living family that she rarely sees? She might like a trip to see a cousin or childhood friend she hasn't seen in years.

I'd be more concerned about making her happy than entertaining the rest of the family. You're also setting an example for your sons on you might like to be treated when you reach that stage of life.

Wheelchair tourism can be very challenging, esp when trying to accommodate a group including active teens.