No Joke, Just Sad. Sorry

An elderly woman in Spain died, and her body was apparently eaten by her cats, and I'm not going to joke around here -- this is really sad and tragic, not funny. Loneliness is a problem for all ages, but especially for the elderly, and while you might think this could never happen to you, well, it could. You could find yourself alone, no family checking in on you, and instead of laughing about cats eating her, maybe check in on someone you know who lives alone once in a while. (This woman was also a hoarder and lived in squalor, so there's that, too, ascribed to Diogenes syndrome, and you wonder if there was any way to prevent her from doing that to herself. Maybe not. But it's still really sad.) (Metro/London)

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