My mum did this to her neighbours of 50+ yrs. When dad died nearly 30 years ago the husband took on the handyman jobs for mum and the wife would call in once a week for tea and natter as well as the long term hour long chats over the garden fence when they saw each other. Then suddenly mum stopped going in the garden and wouldn't answer the door to them.
The sad reason was mum had dementia and she knew at that early stage that she couldn't hold a conversation anymore. So she chose to ignore them.
Fortunately having grown up with their daughter I was able to explain. The three of them came to mum's funeral.
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