One thing I forgot to mention - in his last years, while he was at the retirement community, there was a volunteer job there called the Befriender. DK was offered this role, and accepted it enthusiastically. His job was to do things like invite people who were sitting solo in the dining room to join his group, or to make an extra effort to talk to any residents who didn't appear to have many social ties.
This volunteer job and what he did for it was something that gave him purpose up to his dying day. He mentioned it a lot on his visit.
One thing I forgot to mention - in his last years, while he was at the retirement community, there was a volunteer job there called the Befriender. DK was offered this role, and accepted it enthusiastically. His job was to do things like invite people who were sitting solo in the dining room to join his group, or to make an extra effort to talk to any residents who didn't appear to have many social ties.
This volunteer job and what he did for it was something that gave him purpose up to his dying day. He mentioned it a lot on his visit.