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Loneliness

Coping with the loss of a partner

 

If an elderly parent has lost a partner, he or she may be very lonely.

It will also be very hard for someone whose partner is no longer able to live independently and is taken into a nursing home. 

These people need every encouragement, once they have been through the grieving process, to learn to enjoy the independence they still have and their social contacts and activities. 

Studies have shown that people who have social connections live longer and suffer fewer chronic illnesses than people who are isolated and lonely

Older people are concerned to keep the family together and there is no reason to exclude them from family decisions and activities. 

There can be mutual respect for each generation's experience, as well as for their needs and their privacy. There is still plenty of fun to be had, at any age!

   
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