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I spoke to my (74 year old) parents at the weekend, my mother was upset when I banned her from going to the shop to buy a paper, and the library to get some books - I've bought her a Kindle and had it sent to her house to replace the library, and my brother dropped a paper on the door step.
I told my father to go to the garden and get a couple of 2m bamboo canes, and to use them as speaking sticks - rest the end against the chest of the person he was talking too, and the other end against his chest. Obviously silly, but I wanted him to get a mental picture of how far away he (type 1 diabetic) needed to stay from people.
They're having building work done at the moment, so the garden is full of builders (one with a small child) digging foundations.