An elderly friend of my wife's is in a nursing home. My wife talks to her on the phone every day, sometimes twice a day. The friend talks about how she is so

An elderly friend of my wife's is in a nursing home. My wife talks to her on the phone every day, sometimes twice a day. The friend talks about how she is so lonely all the time, and why can't my wife come and visit more often? Well, the 200-mile round trip is definitely a factor...