I totally agree that we need to reach out to those who are frail and at risk. I keep tabs twice daily on a couple in their nineties. I live only a few minutes away and their 5 kids all live out of town. I wouldn't have it any other way. It gives me peace of mind and is personally gratifying because they know someone else actually cares. Life can be so isolating for the elderly
I have my 92-year-old mother, who still lives alone, email me first thing each morning. That email just says, “Okay,” as in, she’s still with us. If I don’t get the email I call her, and if there was no answer, I would drive to her house. This is not the only communication we have of course, but a critical one. She lives in apartment house populated mostly by older folks, and there have been several times when a neighbor alone died and was not found for several days.
I totally agree that we need to reach out to those who are frail and at risk. I keep tabs twice daily on a couple in their nineties. I live only a few minutes away and their 5 kids all live out of town. I wouldn't have it any other way. It gives me peace of mind and is personally gratifying because they know someone else actually cares. Life can be so isolating for the elderly
I have my 92-year-old mother, who still lives alone, email me first thing each morning. That email just says, “Okay,” as in, she’s still with us. If I don’t get the email I call her, and if there was no answer, I would drive to her house. This is not the only communication we have of course, but a critical one. She lives in apartment house populated mostly by older folks, and there have been several times when a neighbor alone died and was not found for several days.