My mum is now an unwilling resident in a dementia care home.
It is essential either my wife or I phone her at the same time every evening
It doesn't matter what rubbish we talk about as long as we end every call with mum laughing.

My mum is a retired care worker.
She worked many years in an old people's home.
She often complained to us about middle class families who dumped their parents in the home;
then rarely bothered getting back in touch until it was time for the will to be read..

We are a traditional old fashioned working class family.
Mum has no money, or property, or investments too leave us.
We phone her everyday simply because we love her.

I hope I get to see her soon while she still recognises the top of my head poking up out of full PPE...