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[quote=Anonymous]Has he gone for a medical.  Tiredness could be his heart.

To tell you the truth, if he has no interest in learning a language then I'm not sure anything you can say will change that. He probably wouldn't have been interested when he was younger either.

I've seen how stubborn my elderly FIL has become. It's frustrating, he just wouldn't do anything, just sat in front of the TV.  I personally wouldn't want to be nagging that much all day every day.

You can suggest activities but sometimes there comes a point when you have to let people live their own life.  It may not be what you think it should be.  Obviously he is depressed and that's not helping things.

I would take him for a full medical.  Rule out any medical reasons for his tiredness.  Apart from that, I'm not sure what you can do, sometimes you just have to accept that people slow down with old age.

As for my FIL it turned out to be a massive infection he is still fighting.  He was so tired and aching all over.  Hopefully he will pick up when he gets better. So rule out anything medical first.
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