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But you all did. And that makes me wonder about this dysfunctional dynamic and how it got established in the first place. What, in your mind, makes it okay for grandmother to treat all of you this way? If she's a retired nurse, she surely knew what her progression would look like. And she chose to do this to you anyway.
You are not responsible, financially or any other way, for grandmother and her care. Let that sink in. I'm so sorry, but you have all been abused. You're going to get a lot of advice on this forum, and I hope you'll use it to get out of a mess that you never should have been in.
You are enabling its going on, all of you, by doing it.
She is unlikely ever to agree to help.
You will have to step away. If she's competent she can make calls for care on her own, but if she is not you will need to call in the state via Adult Protective Services.
If they find her unwilling to access care, but in danger due to the lack of it they can arrange transport to hospitalization and diagnosis.
There whomever is in charge here (is anyone the POA/ in lieu use next of kin) should say family cannot continue in care, that she will require placement. I would not take on POA for an unwilling family member. Allow the state to assume guardianship would be my advice. They will diagnose and find placement; once this happens (guardianship by the state) the family will not have input. The state will handle it all and you can be loving and kind visitors to her.
I welcome you to the Forum. Do us all a favor and fill in your profile CandyCain so that we can better answer your questions.
Step back .
Live your life .
You all tell your uncle you can not help anymore . APS can be called as well .
I’m going to guess that this woman did not assign POA to anyone for fear of being placed in a nursing home .
That happens all the time. The senior refuses to do POA or any kind of estate planning. They think by playing the carrot and stick game with their family and doing nothing, the family will keep them out of a "home" so they can inherit at some point.
Most of the time, the family forgets about getting any potential inheritance and the senior gets placed anyway.
That is now what she needs whether she likes it or not. So if she doesn't have the money you can apply for Medicaid for her and offer to find the right facility for her.
And if she isn't open to that, then you tell her that you nor anyone else in the family will be looking after her here on out and that she will now be on her own.
Once there is no one to help or enable her, she will come to her senses and agree to be placed in the appropriate facility.
Once the family steps away, please call APS and report a vulnerable adult living by themselves that shouldn't be and they will take things from there.
Let the state then step up and take over her care. You all have done more than enough now. It's time to let the professionals take over.
I explained I could not lift the wheelchair or assist with transfers.
Yet the passenger was offended that I suggested using a taxi with wheelchair lift.
So I stated the realities.
* You are using a wheelchair.
* I cannot transport you.
Your transport options are;
1. Wheelchair taxi
2. Remain here
3. Magically sprout wings & fly (ok, you have to TRY to lighten things up..)
Refusal.
I left.
True story.
PS My Mother DID get a wheelchair taxi home 😀
Does your grandmother live in her own home? If yes, she could sell her home and use the equity to pay for her care at a nice nursing home. Then later down the road apply to Medicaid (which is difference from Medicare) which will pay for her room/board for the rest of her life. She could make new friends there who are part of her own generation, etc.
Take a tour on your own of some of the nursing homes in your area to see what is available, your gut feeling will let you know if this is the right place or not. Anyway, it's a start. If grandmother refuses to move, then your Uncle will need to wait until his Mom has an illness or fall where she needs to be in the hospital, and from there she goes into the nursing home, not back to her own home.
You don't mention your grandmother having dementia. If she's still of sound mind, can get around her house in a wheelchair, and can make a phone call on her own, she doesn't have to have someone with her 24 hours a day.
Since she's disabled, she will qualify for some homecare paid by insurance. The CNA can teach you and your family how to transfer her into a wheelchair, wash her up in bed, and change her diaper if she uses them.
Here's what happens if the family can't work together and keep her home. If she owns a home and hasn't estate planned to make it a Medicaid-exempt asset it will be lost to a nursing home. Anything she has in the bank or any insurance policies she's holding go straight to the nursing home. So there will be no inheritance for anyone. Maybe knowing this will be enough for the family to make a plan.
If there's no family who can work with whatever homecare is available to her, she will have to go to a nursing home. It's likely that APS (Adult Protective Services) will have to be involved if she fights everyone on it. She's a vulnerable, at-risk adult. They will get her placed if comes to it.
Your family has a bad situation but a very common one. The options are pretty simple though. Either the lot of you work together to keep grandma home or she goes to a nursing home. It is what it is and she will have no choice but to accept whatever decision you all make.
No senior ever willingly went to a nursing home. So don't guilt yourself if she ends up getting placed.
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