I had an Aunt who went blind. She said, "Losing your eyesight makes life more dull."

But she made the best of it and even managed to cook like she used to.

I also took care of my neighbor's blind dog and observed how she gets around.

Here is my advice:

1. She should learn her surroundings of where everything has its general place in her home. She can do this by closing her eyes and learning where everything is.

2. Keeping things to a particular pattern helps, such as top shelf, left cabinet contains all the cups, the shelf above it contains all the bowls, etc.

3. Enable the reader on her laptop and let her get used to using it and assisting her.

4. Start now because it takes time -- get her a trained seeing eye dog who will help her get around a lot better.

5. When it comes to hygiene, and surroundings, she needs to learn her bathroom including the ___location of everything, how to wash, etc.

6. She should start learning braille.

7. There are things called "blind tags" or "blind safety tags" that "feel" like different patterns or even contain braille that you can put on things so she can "feel" her surroundings.

8. Get her a walking cane so she can start learning how to use it.

Hope some of these might be helpful or give ideas.