Future for elderly living alone?

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Just worrying about what the future looks like for my aged mum, living on her own with moderate dementia. She’s so bored and lonely. Has carers coming in but she’s still so lost. Not ready for a care home yet, but all the activities she might do are closed and there are no volunteers visiting. I can see her fading away through lack of contact, it seems so awful. What’s going to happen to people like her in the next year? Will anything resume? How are other isolated parents coping?

Sending no answers but much sympathy. Dm is bored and misses the hairdresser/ window cleaner/ chiropodist etc and is desperate to go out and spend money.....
are there any telephone support services available? It is really tough on the oldies.

Age concern is doing some phone volunteer support, worth a try. Everything else is on zoom and too complex.

Just to say I’m feeling the same way about a relative who lives on their own. I’m their only point of call, I don’t live locally so am running myself ragged driving for 4 hours twice a week to try and get up and make sure they’re okay. I’m not a ‘carer’ in the traditional sense but I do shopping, cleaning and take meals. He does manage to get out and about himself but can’t cope with heavy stuff and relies on public transport now he’s no longer allowed to drive. He’s had a few accidents of late aswell which makes me fret all the more.
My relative doesn’t have carers of any kind but it would be of huge comfort to me to know that someone could potentially be there regularly when I can’t be.
I have a young family at home too and feel guilty when I’m away from them and guilty when I leave him to come back home.
He’s adamant that he doesn’t want to give up his house.
Sending lots of good wishes your way, the older generation are really suffering (from what I can see, and I know it’s not only this generation but at the moment that’s what is most prevalent in my life!)