Keep talking.Having company is of primary importance for the
elderly, Dr Sofoclis Loizides said. "It is number one. It is
very important to have company, someone, anyone, to talk to," he
stressed. Loizides said day care centres and clubs were
extremely beneficial as they ensured the elderly socialised Adj.
1. socialised - under group or government control; "socialized
ownership"; "socialized medicine" liberal - tolerant of change;
not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition . "They
can communicate. If they are totally alone they become depressed
and then also when they don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2.
Nonstandard Contraction of does not. A statement of what should
not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. use their brain the
onset of dementia dementia (dĭmĕn`shə) [Lat.,=being out of the
mind], progressive deterioration of intellectual faculties
resulting in apathy, confusion, and stupor. In the 17th cent. is
quicker. It's like the brain goes to sleep," he said. Having
someone to talk to "