Do old people tend to sleep a lot?

[SheltieLover]

16. That could be it!

My dad was a real character who passed away 12 yrs ago, near age 89.

Each day, he would grab the newspaper, go immediately to obits & make hash marks on a running list he kept hanging on fridge of people he had known who had passed.

Not saying this is true of everyone, but I think loss has a tremendous impact.

Maybe you can help him by chatting about his most outstanding accomplishments.

In Eric Erickson's psych theory, people go through 8 stages, generally speaking. The last one is end of life review. If people are not content with what they have accomplished, they can become quite depressed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556096/

Perhaps doc can refer to tele mental health provider?

Just a thought.