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I am not looking for sympathy and this is a valid question that is affecting my mother. She has been an active 96-year-old woman in an out of state nursing home. About 2 weeks ago she had a mild stroke. The result has been that she lost most of her eyesight and hearing. My first thought was that I cannot communicate with her without going to her. Then I talked with my brother who lives in the same town. He said that he has great difficulty talking to her in person. Then I started thinking about her situation. What happens to a person when they lose those two primary senses? It has got to be something like being condemned to terminal solitary confinement. Is there any way to overcome this situation? Is there some technology that might help. She already has a reader phone that she can no longer read and high dollar hearing aids that are no longer effective.
Randy
Randy