The letters on depression in older people (9 July), especially David Head’s, touched me personally. I am an 89-year-old widow living alone, with my children overseas, siblings dead, and other relatives out of reach. Mr Head’s words about older people “no longer finding much pleasure in the things they used to enjoy” worried me. Mr Head’s final words sum it up well: don’t treat old people as wallpaper. We’ve learned a lot the hard way, and the most important lesson of all is that life is for living.

Source: The Guardian July 15, 2021 17:03 UTC