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[quote=Anonymous]OP, your mom is involved in multiple groups, has daily social interaction, and travels and ,presumably, lives independently. Please count your blessings. It may not seem exciting to you, but the social interaction she has is so, so good for her and, frankly, a blessing as she ages.  While it may be hard that she seems not focused on others and especially you/your family, its good that she's engaged and busy!

my mom can't really have a conversation with her peers anymore, and instead, she calls me anywhere from 1-15 times a day, usually talking (semi coherently) about how whatever random ache or pain she has, about miserable she is, how her life is not worth living, how no one cares about her and she is so lonely (despite us visting 3-5x/week and multiple outings and a staff that tries to keep her engaged); how the doctors "out here" are incompetent, how she had no idea her life would turn out so horribly, etc. She has stopped asking or inquiring about anyone else, including her grandchildren, for probably 2 years, aside from the occasional "how are the kids" and then not listening to the answer. [/quote]

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