living at home. Her grandfather had a fall in January that put him in the hospital with broken ribs. Turned out to lead to more serious issues. He finally came home in June. We were told that he was basically coming home to die. So my wife travels to Logan to visit him and once he was home, he started improving by leaps and bounds. Definitely not out of the woods but also definitely on death's doorstep. Found out yesterday that there is all sorts of family drama going on. Grandma now wants to sell the house, move grandpa into a nursing home and move herself into a retirement community.

It sounds to me that someone has grandma's ear. We think it's the daughter who is the primary caregiver who is probably exhausted from caring for her parents. My suggestion is to get the children together to have a discussion about how best to take care of their parents. A nursing home for grandpa in this case is a death sentence. He only started improving when he got to his own home. Seems to me that in home options would be the best. If that couldn't be done, a hybrid assisted care where both grandma and grandpa could go would be preferable to splitting them up.

I just watched my grandfather die in a nursing home. It wasn't pretty. I'd hate to see that happen to my wife's grandfather. What has worked best for those of you who have gone through this with your parents?