I am hoping for some ideas.... My mother is fab, loves going out, loves 'young people' and is always the life and soul etc. My father is the complete opposite and now they are both retired my mother is finding life very difficult indeed to cope with.
She really needs to be busy. My father is great but not much of a companion as he goes be bed at 830pm and is quite solitary.
I meet up with her at least twice a week of which once a week is an evening excursion but I desperate to get her involved and engaged in something. She is so bored and lethargic and I think she is bordering on depression. I strongly believe humans have a need for activity and to feel busy to avoid depression (which does run in my family). She does not have many friends as they have moved away/abroad.
Does anyone have any ideas? She lives in Wimbledon if that helps and I would love to help her get involved in something before she slips further into herself.
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My mother is so lonely, how can I help her?
susie100 · 14/10/2008 10:42
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