grandma1st
Junior Member
I live in Missouri and my grandmother lives with my mother at this time. My mother has had health problems and can not care for grandmother, so my children and myself have been taking care of grandma, who needs someone to be with her at all times. She is mentally stable and knows who she is and where she is. She has some problems with her short term memory and physically she needs help to get around. We have a nurse aid to come into the home while I am at work and the kids are at school, but in the evenings and overnight one one of us is with her. My uncle, who has POA and controls all of her finances, does not want to be bothered with any of this and wants to place her into a nursing home, which she does NOT want. My uncle had told me that I have no say in this and if he wants to place her in a home I can not stop him. Since he is not physically caring for her, can he make her go into a nursing home? My children and myself are more than willing to continue to care for her until my mother can resume her care or she passes away.