Alone with no family at all...can anyone relate?

officerripley said:
So true. I've also found that if a new or fairly-new acquaintance asks you what your hobbies are and you don't answer with something really interesting like sky diving or volunteering at archaeological digs, their eyes glaze over and they move on to someone else.
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Maybe just say you submit analytics on marketing trends to a consulting firm, then let them wonder what that means.
 

officerripley said:
So true. I've also found that if a new or fairly-new acquaintance asks you what your hobbies are and you don't answer with something really interesting like sky diving or volunteering at archaeological digs, their eyes glaze over and they move on to someone else.
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I dont have any hobbies but Im "interesting" and I collect weird stuff.
Would that count? :D

Seriously. Everybody has something that makes them worth listening to.
But If youre going to drone on and on count me out. :D
 
officerripley said:
Unfotunately, I don't think that's the case. I think there are some people who nobody would want to listen to. On a planet of almost 8 billion, the law of averages dictates that there would have to be at least one person like that and there are probably more than one.
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Unfortunately now that I think about it youre probably right. Although sometimes they can be very amusing. :D

One of the perks of being old is Ive been known to lose focus and wander off mid sentence. :D
 
sometimes I think that wot we've got now is the result of wot we never put enough effort into at the beginning? I came from an extended family structure many years ago which immediately post war disintegrated - I don't think i caused that though - just got bowled over in the rush to get out?
 
Aunt Bea said:
If you find a good option please share it with us.

I’ve been looking too.

In some cities they have volunteer surgery buddies that are available but there is nothing similar in my area.

I’ve also wondered if I could hire a person through an agency for the day of and follow up visits.

I always make a point of asking medical providers but they have little to offer.
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I have home health care. Twice a week, for 3-4 hours (more if needed, like for appts). They clean, cook a little, run errands, and take me to and from medical events. It's pretty helpful and not a lot of money. $35/hr. plus mileage charges (varies from company to company). Just do a search for "home health care" agencies.
 
Irene said:
I have home health care. Twice a week, for 3-4 hours (more if needed, like for appts). They clean, cook a little, run errands, and take me to and from medical events. It's pretty helpful and not a lot of money. $35/hr. plus mileage charges (varies from company to company). Just do a search for "home health care" agencies.
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Wow. $35/hour. That's about the same wage as a certified nurse gets.
 
I don’t think that $35.00/hour is bad for an agency considering that you can set the hours and not be responsible for any benefits.

It’s too bad that there isn’t some way to match seniors in need with seniors that have various skills and bypass the cost of an agency.
 

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