Isolation

Isolation
Phone Conversation Starters

Are you a cat person or a dog person? 
 from- 101 Topics to Talk About - Find the perfect conversation topic

What’s your favorite way to waste time? 
 from-250 Quality Conversation Starters: The Only List You'll Need

What is the most adventurous moment in your life?
from-Top 40 Cute And Funny Things To Talk About On The Phone

  When conversation becomes slow, whip out your trustee conversation cubes! These can be homemade. You can make as many as you want. Place random conversation topics on each side, and toss them around to see what your topic for the day is.  
from:19 Fun activities and ideas for talking over the phone!

Have a conversation where you each alternate contributing one word until it forms a cohesive sentence.
from:62 Interesting Things to Talk About on the Phone | LoveToKnow

Sometimes people want to chat but have not much to say to each other. One way I create interesting conversations is by reading play scenes together over the phone. You can find over 700 scenes in the link below
from Acting Scenes Database

Senior Centers by Phone

This Seniors group offers over 70  phone chat groups a week. Free for all!
from:Well Connected:A community for Seniors (catalog PDF) or call:toll free  877 797 7299



Texting Activities
Tighten up your rhyming skills with this game of rhyme. The first person begins by texting a word or phrase. The opponent then has to text back with another word or phrase that matches the first. Keep the game going back and forth until someone gets stumped. This is a great way to stay in touch with a friend who lives miles away.(for 26 more ideas select  the link below ...)

27 Fun Texting Games - Fun-Attic

This is a fantastic, fun texting game to play over the phone where you select a topic of conversion and you need to talk about it for a minute. It looks very simple, but you are not allowed to deviate from the topic at any time and should not repeat any word more than once. This game enhances the oratory skills of a person as well as the knowledge of their words, not to mention it may lead to improvements in your overall texting speed.

Fun Texting Games to Play over the Phone

Texting Games: The 16 Best Chat Activities To Pass The Time


28 Fun Texting Games That Are Totally Worth It! - Longdistanced
9 Fun Texting Games To Play For Couples - Icebreaker Ideas

21 Fun Texting Games To Play With A Guy Or Girl - Luvze

Video Call Activities
20 Video Chatting Activities For Grandparents & Kids During the Coronavirus Pandemic
15 Fun Games to Play Over Skype (or other video chat)

21 Fun games to play over Facetime or Skype calls

10 Activities to Make Family Video Calls Fun for Kids


 An article I read talked of a fellow in a nursing home having just passed away. While cleaning out his room, an envelope was found labeled most treasured possessions. When opened it was found to contain the greeting cards the fellow had received
Electronic Greeting Cards



The Best Websites for Sending Free eCards - How-To Geek


7 Best Sites for Beautiful Ecards - Skillcrush


The 10 Best Sites For Free eCards - Lifewire

12 Best Free Online E-Card Sites You've Probably Never Heard of
Email Activities
40+ Games by email
Play-By-Mail: Play Fun Games via Email Casually

Activities with Kids
200+Activities you can do with Kids at home


Alexa Lets Chat
Say "Alexa Lets Chat"!. This will connect you with   an artificial intelligence socialbot that can (hopefully) converse coherently and engagingly with humans on popular topics for 20 minutes



All Amazon Echos will all run  "Alexa lets chat"
Current  Fire Tablets  will run Alexa  lets chat, so will many older models.
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To do so on a fire tablet:
-you must have or create an Amazon account on the tablet
-Go into settings
-Choose Alexa
-on the Alexa page set Alexa to the on position

 Fire Tablets are a lot easier for a senior to set up then an Echo. The 7 inch fire tablet is available for $49 from Amazon




Teddy Bears
"About 35 percent of British adults sleep with teddy bears, according to a Travelodge survey.
Respondents said they snuggled with the toys for comfort and a better night’s sleep, and one expert said the reasoning makes perfect sense.

“Cuddling a teddy bear is an important part of our national psyche as it evokes a sense of peace, security and comfort,” Psychologist Corrine Sweet said in a Travelodge press release obtained by Yahoo! Finance".   link





 I suspect any soft cuddly object will work well too.


Grief Resources
Unfortunately there is a good deal  of grief occurring at the moment. Here will be  some resources




How to Make a Memory Shirt Pillow: 19 DIY Tutorials

More Grief Support Resources

https://asearchtree.blogspot.com/2020/03/memory-pillows-httpswww.html