My maternal Grandmother lived by herself most of the years that I knew her.
I used to stay with her in her apartment all weekend, every weekend.
When my family moved into a larger home in 1960 and had room for her, she moved in with us and I lived with her until I got married in 1972 and moved out.
She once knitted me a cable knit sweater that had to weigh five pounds. I couldn't wear it because it was too hot.
She took it apart and used the wool to knit an afghan for me. I still have the afghan and sleep with it almost every night in the winter.