I’m finding this hard, particularly as one of my Support Workers can come in for 2/3 hours once a week, but Dawn is extremely caring, thinking about, and bringing meals as I can no longer use and have virtually no sensation in my right hand. Basically it doesn’t do what my brain is telling it to! My shopping is being done by a neighbour but it is the loneliness which is the hardest as I live alone. My children live in US, and Sheffield and we contact each other via WhatsApp, FaceTime and Zoom which are wonderful technology. As the grandchildren are obviously not in school, and all their parents working from home, they’re both home schooling too.
I feel I, as Grandma, have more time on my hands anyway as all my gym classes etc are closed-I’d make time anyway.
Even so, the isolation hard as I’ve suffered from depression as a result of 2 brain abscesses requiring 5 surgeries and my life has completely changed now as I can no longer do most of the things I was involved in prior to these illnesses.
I think a local Group-possibly in Haslingden area would be an enormous support as you could actually talk to and see via social media-WhatsApp, FaceTime, Zoom etc those who understand.