Encouragement fosters friendships and reduces loneliness

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]Yes, Granny. Well, dear, I think we're a very underutilized resource in terms of how we can help each other with loneliness.

[00:00:09]All right, so you mean like with friendships and things? Yes, I mean we don't need all these seals and robots and everything else, you know, animals, fake animals coming in and trying to keep us company. We can actually keep company with each other, but we have lost confidence. That's the big thing.

[00:00:25]You know, when you first come in here especially, you're just wiped out and you've got no confidence for thinking, speaking, let alone communicating and you need to be encouraged to converse.

[00:00:36]And then when we do that and reach out to each other, um you know, you can have very satisfying friendships here. Oh, yes, I know that, Granny, like with you, with Barbara, your best friend next door, and your gentleman friend. I mean, they're fantastic friends for you. They are and we can all make friends, you know, of our own ability or ilk or whatever and it's a very important thing.