StillLearning
Member
- Location
- Minnesota
My daughter bought a Friendship Lamp for herself and me. Every morning we tap the light to say good morning. (Basically to check on me) She uses red, purple colors and I use blues and greens.
Living Alone- A Check-in Call
- Thread starter Vanessa2U
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Have had the service on my iPhone for many years now …easy and free … and I know it works, because during a power outage during the last hurricane, my daughter got a call from them that I didn’t check in that day.
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
- Location
- Los Angeles Suburbs
I never heard of this before. Just looked it up - what a lovely idea!
https://www.amazon.com/Distance-Lam...39282&sprefix=friendship+lamp,aps,232&sr=8-11
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
- Location
- Los Angeles Suburbs
I don't live alone (DH), but have some friends who do, so I find this topic of great interest.
That's thoughtful of you. I guess I hadn't thought that far ahead.
officerripley
Well-known Member
- Location
- Porlock, Calif
I always think about that too.
officerripley
Well-known Member
- Location
- Porlock, Calif
That's what I'm so afraid of, doing that to whoever might have to deal with my deceased self; I just can't stand the thought of it.
dusty
Senior Member
Well, just take comfort that most likely 'you' won' know anything about it. As soon as the physical body ceases life, then the essence of that person, be it the soul or whatever, turns into energy. In fact it has always been energy now in a different form. At death your energy becomes a thing of its own. Not to worry, life goes on, albeit in another form.
Not to worry; all will be as it should.
I’ve seen a couple YouTube documentaries on Japanese companies who specialize in cleanup and disposition of what they call “lonely deaths”. It’s quite interesting and also pretty awful. The one guy they interviewed took his work very spiritually. He considered this work a special calling and was very respectful of the whole process. He was also very sad that tens of thousands (40k in 2024) of Japanese citizens die this way every year.
Thanks, I just downloaded it
One of these horrible events happened when my Aunt died, My mom and sister lived just 10 minutes from her on the
other side of the lake they all lived near. My Aunt had one son who lived 3-4 hours away.
My mom assumed Aunt and nephew were in contact, nephew thought my Mom and his mom were; and time went by.
One day Mom asked my sister when had they heard last from Aunt. It had been 3 months.
They found my aunt and her 2 dogs pretty much melted/glued to the floor.
I can not stress the guilt and shame that stayed with all 3 of them for this for a long long time.
Never assume someone else is watching out for anyone you love or care about, life happens to us all.
Think of a loved one living alone as you being the lifeline ---- always. If you can't be pass it to someone else.
other side of the lake they all lived near. My Aunt had one son who lived 3-4 hours away.
My mom assumed Aunt and nephew were in contact, nephew thought my Mom and his mom were; and time went by.
One day Mom asked my sister when had they heard last from Aunt. It had been 3 months.
They found my aunt and her 2 dogs pretty much melted/glued to the floor.
I can not stress the guilt and shame that stayed with all 3 of them for this for a long long time.
Never assume someone else is watching out for anyone you love or care about, life happens to us all.
Think of a loved one living alone as you being the lifeline ---- always. If you can't be pass it to someone else.
I've told my kids if I'm ever unreachable for a few days call the police before you come check on me. I'd rather have them let the police in the house to find me so my kids don't have to deal with it.
Fritz
Senior Member
i live alone. no friends or family to speak of. so if something happens the only people who might call to check on me would be work and i highly doubt that. they would probably wait for the second no show day and just take me off the schedule and leave me to rot for the poor neighbor kids to smell me before phoning it in.
You can talk to AI.