Asking Eric: How do I connect with my elderly mother who feels isolated?

Asking Eric: How do I connect with my elderly mother who feels isolated?

Dear Eric: I could relate to “Loving but Frustrated Daughter”, whose 92-year-old mother lived alone in a remote area and wanted to talk on the phone regularly but didn’t have much to say. After some ideas that did not work with my own parents, I signed up for newsfeeds local to them. We could talk about what was happening in their world and it often generated memories of stories I had not heard. It also helped plan activities for my visits.