I’m seeing first-hand how it’s easy for boredom to set in. My mother is 92, now widowed, and has mobility issues and is losing her sight (wet AMD). She doesn’t hear well, even when wearing her hearing aids.
My heart breaks to see her sitting in the same chair day after day, either sleeping, playing a game on her iPad, or staring into space. She rejects suggestions to get out and about or to play games that actually help increase mental cognition.
Thanks for highlighting aging issues and potential solutions. ❤️
I think part of it *is* depression, but she won’t admit it. She’s grieving, of course. But she won’t talk about it and I don’t ask. She said that her grandmother and mother got through their losses and she’ll be strong like them. 😢
Hi Teri, For what it's worth a couple ideas come to mind: have her draw or paint - get the pain out of her onto a paper - it can be just scribbles. Or have her tell her life story like into a mike, or typed on the ipad, which could allow some of the grief tout. The grief could be more than the loss of a loved one but also of hearing, purpose, abilities, and life style in addition.
I’m seeing first-hand how it’s easy for boredom to set in. My mother is 92, now widowed, and has mobility issues and is losing her sight (wet AMD). She doesn’t hear well, even when wearing her hearing aids.
My heart breaks to see her sitting in the same chair day after day, either sleeping, playing a game on her iPad, or staring into space. She rejects suggestions to get out and about or to play games that actually help increase mental cognition.
Thanks for highlighting aging issues and potential solutions. ❤️
Hi Teri, it is so hard to see a loved one losing interest in life. Is some of that due to depression? - I know it was with my husband.
I think part of it *is* depression, but she won’t admit it. She’s grieving, of course. But she won’t talk about it and I don’t ask. She said that her grandmother and mother got through their losses and she’ll be strong like them. 😢
Hi Teri, For what it's worth a couple ideas come to mind: have her draw or paint - get the pain out of her onto a paper - it can be just scribbles. Or have her tell her life story like into a mike, or typed on the ipad, which could allow some of the grief tout. The grief could be more than the loss of a loved one but also of hearing, purpose, abilities, and life style in addition.