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Last yeat about the same time, I posted about my friend's dad is very ill, then the mum afraid to take care of him, to move or not to move to new home... then hired a maid to take care of the sick dad, and then moved to new home, dad passed away, mum try to get rid of the maid....etc etc... Now, another problem. The mum seems to be a bit lonely and depress. She told me she can't sleep properly at night because she's scared and day time she is afraid of going home (hubby died at home almost a year ago). She work in the morning and usually home by 2pm. She always need her younger son (early 20) to be at home after work to accompany her. The elder son, my friend, is not staying together due to work travel distance. But weekend he will stay with them so the brother can go out with his friends at night. Sometimes, when my friend reached home, them mum will not be at home because she will sit at the kopitiam until someone comes home. Both of them can't probably be at home all the time to accompany her. The younger son had just enrolled in a part time study and when that takes place, he will be home even late, then what will happen to her? Maybe she still not get used to being alone after the hubby passed away. Maybe she still not get used to sleep alone in the room. Last time they stay in a 2room flat and they used to all sleep together in the small living hall. Now suddenly the house is so big and the surrounding is so quiet (Punggol) compare to city area where they used to stay. We dunno how to tackle this problems and afraid the mum will go into depression and worst, if schizophrenia develops. Anyone been through such problem before?