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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom complained there are no activities she wants to do. This is due to either to her depression, introversion, anxiety or dementia.

Have you seen the full list of activities for yourself? I'd be surprised if they are really all passive.

My mother won't do any art activities because she's "not an artist," and she won't attend any movies. She used to attend bingo--but only if her friend came to get her. But now that friend is quite sick, and my mother may have forgotten who she is. I don't know.

She attended a walking club two years ago and still talks about how she did not like it. For two years, this is has been a topic of conversation!

Dementia is a hard disease.

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This. My mom says she is lonely and depressed, but when I take her to neighborhood social events or support groups, she doesn't talk to anyone or engage in any way. She has a garage of failed hobby attempts I've tried to get her interested in over the years. For all that people talk about kids these days and how they don't do anything but stare at their phones, my mom doesn't do anything but watch TV.

All that to say that it might not be the facility, OP. It might be your mom and this sad stage of life. [/quote]

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