Running AOL 8.0 and 9.0 on Windows 10 or XP Pro

I really need help. My mother is 94, and has been in and out of the hospital or rehab for a lot of this year. She is normally as sharp as someone 40 years younger. Up until lately shes been using her email just fine, What she was used to was AOL 8.0 or Desktop 9.0. Somewhere, somehow, her AOL disappeared, and we cannot get it back to a format shes used to using. Her OS is Windows 10. What AOL made her install was AOL Gold, and shes having a tough time with it,. She really  needs access to her email again. We'd thought perhaps the OS was the problem, so we got a workstation with XP Pro on it, and tried reinstalling one of the older versions of AOL. That didnt work either, for some reason. 

I cannot tell you how desperate I am to get something she can use. All I want is the interface for AOL 8 or 9.0, or one of those versions. Thats what she was used to ahd had been using. THeres no sense to try and get her to use something completely different like Gmail or something. Shes got a little dementia showing up, and trying to teach them something new is useless. Ive been through it with my husband. Mom is still active in business affairs which need her attention. If we cant get somethning to work, its going to mean I'll have to print off her email and take it over to her house every day and then wait for her to answer it. Right now, she can handle things herself. At present, there are 3 very critical business items waiting on directions and response from her. I'm her daughter and I'm frantic. 

Is there any way we can do what we want? Ive got 2 computers. One with Windows 10, the other with XP Pro installed. My last resort is going to be a laptop I have withich as one of those versions of AOL. I can set it up and run the printer off of it, but she hates the keyboard on the laptop. Yes, I know I can buy a separate keyboard. I'm trying to avoid that, if possible. Please, please, if anyone has a workaround, I'd appreciate knowing. Desperation isnt even a 10th of how I feel. 

Thank you,. 

Stefanie Mackenzie