Every month, on the 3rd Thursday of the month, I go visit about 10 people from my church. All of them are homebound and unable to make it to Mass, so I do a little communion service for them at their home. It’s something that I really enjoy, and I always feel uplifted after my morning spent visiting my fellow parishioners who are homebound. 

But often at these adult care homes and nursing homes, when I sign in as a guest at these adult care homes, I don’t see many other names on the sign in sheet. I noticed a few months back at one home in particular, that of the 5 or 6 residents who lived there, only 3 other people had visited in the last week. 

Loneliness is a pervasive problem among the elderly in our culture. For a variety of reasons, many aging Americans are not frequently visited by their families and they spend the last years of their life with a television as their sole companion. 

So if you are a caregiver, keep up the noble work you’re doing, and if you’re not a caregiver, but you have family living in a nursing home, adult care home, or assisted living, make it a priority to visit more often. And heck, just call your mom more! 

And while you’re there, try to visit with another resident who is very likely lonely and in need of some companionship from someone who still values them as a person. 

That’s it for today. Thanks for listening! My name is Ashley Micciche and this is the One Minute Retirement Tip.

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