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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would try to share the nightly calls with someone else he likes. Another relative, a friend? Create a schedule and send automatic reminders on people's phones so they don't forget. [/quote] No, don't do this. it's over the top. If it's too much for you, set your boundary. I can call x times a week and email/text x times. You need to keep gently pushing him to do social activities....see a friend-outside if he is nervous about Covid, join a support group, go to a senior center and sign up for something, volunteer. I enabled my mom for too long thinking I was doing the right thing and it just made her more and more emotionally disabled. When I finally set boundaries she was livid....and then over time she reached out to friends and developed a social life again. It was much healthier for her. You want to be a support not a crutch or a wheelchair for someone who walks well. You can cheer him on not help him stay stuck.[/quote]
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