My mom lives with me, and it’s been a long, long year. She has dementia and I care for her full-time. We used to have relatives visit on the weekends fairly often, but the last time we saw anyone was early February.
I feel like this lack of interaction has affected my mom’s ability to stay interested in living. We’ve done Zoom a few times, but she doesn’t stay interested in watching people in their screen boxes for more than ten minutes. I do activities with her, but I think she just views me as her nurse now.
On the bright side, none of us have been sick all year. No colds, nothing. She hasn’t been to her doctor for a year, so hopefully she stays well until the spring when hopefully she has a chance at a vaccine. She just wants to sleep all the time. To be honest, so do I!
I hope everyone else dealing with elders is making it through as best they can. There is at least a light at the end of this tunnel.