Drove home from Mom's Assisted Living Facility in tears today

[Novara]

8. Thanks for the ideas

Everyone I've met in my mom's age group wants to feel useful. As most of us do. Making meaningless* crafts, playing trivial yet frustrating games, sitting in front of a TV does little for anyone's self-esteem. (*I say meaningless, because from what I've seen, the craft is chosen by the activities director and often has no significance to the people expected to do it.)

This is it exactly. If I could figure something out related to what she did when she was working it would be a godsend. But she used to do payroll and HR stuff, and her cognitive ability won't allow her to do that anymore. Maybe I'll ask the staff about laundry baskets full of towels. At least that's "productive" busywork.

I'll keep trying.