Hello could just do with a bit of MN advice please!
DP and I have been living in our new ground floor flat for 4 months. We have an elderly lady (early 80’s) opposite us. When we moved in she introduced herself, dogs said hello etc. I bumped into her in the corridor a couple of times and got talking and she has never mentioned any family or friends. We used to regularly see her pottering about in her garden but recently we haven’t and we noticed her dog has been barking a bit more. I saw her this morning and she appeared very frail. She then later knocked on the door about a small matter within the adjourning gardens and was very frail and low. I asked her how she was and she said she hadn’t been good lately. She said she had “spells every now and then and it’s just old age” but I am really concerned about her. As I said above she doesn’t have seem to have any friends or family. I don’t want to appear pushy but I really want to help if I can! Should I knock every other day and see if she needs any shopping or if she’d like me to walk her dog? Is that interfering? I would just really like to find a way to help her if she needs it but without making her think I don’t think she can manage.
Any advice greatly appreciated!
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Wellfuckmeinbothears · 14/11/2017 12:27
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