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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^But I do think the ones who just aren’t up for doing as much bc understandably they’re tired etc but still do SOMETHING are still better off than those who do nothing at all. Sure their world is smaller than it used to be and likely smaller than they like but it’s still not as small as those who have zero interest or involvement and then it’s about health.[/quote]

Well that's true.  I am the poster with the parents in their 80s.  They still go back and forth between their condo and their second home.  Not as much as they would like to because it is tiring but they still do it.

They have a wide social network and they talk on the phone to their friends a lot.  In fact, I've noticed that it is because they have house phones that they have such extended conversations - they are in different rooms on different extensions talking to friends who are doing the same thing, and that wouldn't be possible for them on cell phones (group chat swiping would be too much).

They also have taken up board games "to keep away the Big D".  That gives them something to talk about (Dear, I have something important to tell you.  Your father is cheating.  He insists that xxx is a word and...) with all of us.

So their world is smaller but they are literally and figuratively trying to keep it open as much as they can.[/quote]

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