Indian from a small town. I live with my wife in US (both H1b) but parents are in India. They have visitor Visa and have age of around 55 each. What have worked for you guys to keep them close?

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I gave my parents an iPad and that’s the best thing they ever possessed. My mom started using YouTube and now she is hooked on to it for recipes. If possible buy them a small Bluetooth speaker and connect it to the iPad. That way they can listen to music or enjoy videos a little more. Happy FaceTiming

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FaceTime video calls. We have been traveling around the world as a family the past 20 years and only recently put down roots. Parents always felt that we weren’t close to them , but in the past five years , they feel very close , especially to the grand children. We talk about random day to day stuff but for at least 15 minutes every day

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Video calls are much better than usual phone calls- they are happy to SEE the family.

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Agree 200%. Makes ton of difference

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My parents are 80+ and my in-laws are over 75. They did visit us and travel with us for close to 6 months when we lived in Europe and APAC before they got too bored with long distance travel

Relocation to Mexico. They’ll be close then

Is this an easy process??

Thanks. So looks like I need to get a facetime device for them.

They are at that nice age where they can come to US and travel around a bit here. Or you all as family can go someplace else (EU etc). More frequent calls and yes, video calls.

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