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chair nearby.

“Just to do the normal home-like things and have him sit with
me,” has made a world of difference, she said.

And as visitor Doug Lees can attest, her handiwork has had a
positive effect on many of the facility’s 120 residents.

“She’s done a most beaunful job,” said Lees, whose wife Lynn
is a resident at Cedarview, “It’s just incredible to walk into a place
with some color and warmth rather than it being stark and sterile.”

When his wife was admiited three years ago, “there was nothing,
to see and it just got her down,” he said.

Traffis quick to point out that she couldn’ have done it with-
out the support of staff. Visitors donate money to help pay for paint.

Now Traff would like to see other visitors follow her lead.

The idea sits well with occupational therapist Margaret Clutf, the
facility’s director of activation and recreation.

“We look after residents, but we also look after their families,”
said Cluff. “And an important part of that process is trying to find
things they can do together.”

One visitor is starting a woodworking group. Another visitor
comes with her daughter to bake cakes and cookies in the residents”
kitchen, said Cluff.

Traff plans to paint more murals. And in the spring she'll help
tend the garden. When Fred got ill, “I just closed right down, she
said. “This opened me up again.”

Envision future

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tenants renting my home defaulted.”

Gurney had left others to deal wirh her finances but didn't
stay in touch with them, “Giving up that control really affected
my selfesteem,” she said. “You need to manage even trusted
advisers.”

Gurney suggests people look abead 10 years. envisionng
how they will use their inner and financial resources to make
dreams come truc. “Many people thought [was mad when I
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dream was to rent it out and use it myself) and: have it break
even in its third vear. So [found Gut how to make it work finan
cially, and everything is on track.”

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