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Your mom and aunt need to hear from a dispassionate professional what the needs and options are.
There is some very good advice here. I can't add to it. Maybe you need to back off and don't offer any advice. I have found over the years that unwanted advice does not work.
I grew up in a house where my mother's mother lived with us. It was a war zone. The screaming and carrying on that occurred was a living nightmare for me because I was forced to bear witness to it every day and suffer the stomach aches that went along with it. Had I not been in that environment, my life would have been a whole lot better.
I am 100% against parents living with their children in their old age, for obvious reasons. It just doesn't work and everyone suffers.
My mother calmed down when her mother moved out, but by then, all the damage had already been done. To each of us. Nobody gets out of a war without scars and a whole lot of suffering.
Live your own life. Have lunch with your mom once a week and talk about silly things. Don't involve yourself in the histrionics....your mother should speak to a therapist about those issues, not YOU.
Good luck.
If all of them are legally competent and determined to keep on with this, even if it looks from the outside to be a disaster, unfortunately there really isn’t much you can do about it.
Since grandfather is the more challenged, perhaps you could arrange to talk to your aunt and uncle when he is sleeping or otherwise occupied and suggest considering MC. It really IS a huge undertaking, and while "back in the day" families took on these duties, dementia really brings it to a whole different level and often is not something the average person or family can deal with.
If you can make progress with them, perhaps they might be willing to try taking grandmother in for a bit, to see if that works out better. If not, at least your mother would have some time to destress and perhaps be willing to listen. It mightl be harder to get grandmother to agree to AL, if she is still cognizant. We aren't even allowed to "force" those with dementia to move! But, there are ways to get grandfather to move, even if asking him results in NO.
Your elders are so overwhelmed that they will not listen to you, so, I think that a letter detailing what you see, in a kind, non accusatory manner with ideas how this situation may be made better, AFTER you offer yourself to each so they can get a break, one day a week, a weekend a month, you will be surprised how much easier it will make it for them. Give at least 4 hours and an entire day if possible.
It will help you understand what it is really like for your mom and aunt. It will also create opportunities to implement ideas for beneficial solutions.
Can't have an opinion without a dog in the fight, so jump in and earn the right to express your ideas.
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