Wayne, at my old bachelor pad house the couple that lived behind me were old school. She was never more than a housewife. He took care of everything else. He dropped dead from a heart attack and she was clueless. She did not know how to drive or write a check. She did not even know how to pay bills. She was helpless. The good news is her younger sister moved in for a while to teach her how to operate the modern world of the 1980s.
I had to mow her yard several times just to keep the weeds short. I did not want them infesting my back yard. She was amazing, in six months she had her driver's license and learned how to function on her own.