[StAnDeliver]

"Plus, she’s wonderfully smart and terrifically crotchety, calls a spade a spade. Blind in one eye and losing sight rapidly in the other, so must go to some kind of assisted living place."

Why? She's a textbook case of simply needing a guide dog and the associated training. She won't have to leave.

[Veto!]

Great idea. I’ll talk to her tomorrow.

[Veto!]

Great idea. I’ll talk to her tomorrow.

She does have a cat (that fights with my cat) but cats and dogs can coexist. I know. Had a wonderful Keeshond and two cats for 12 years. Got along just fine.