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Crazy grandmother...
What do I do with a crazy diabetic grandmother who does not take her insulin and lives an hour and a half away?
Seriously, this is actually happening, and letting her move in to our house is out of the question.
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If she has serious mental issues or memory problems where she won't take her meds on time as needed, then perhaps it is time for her to be in a nursing home where staff look in on her regularly and make sure she is taking any needed medication like insulin. Short of that, the only other thing would be to talk to a social worker who works on behalf of elder peoples welfare and see about getting regular state paid nurse-caregivers to check in on her once or twice a day, to make sure she is taking insulin.
I used to work as a caregiver. I know how hard it can be and life changing to have an elder person move in with relatives if there is a lot of care needed. The more disabilities or mental health or elderly health issues, the harder it is and family then become the caregiver and resentment at losing their own life, living it the way they want, often sets in. We don't want to resent our elderly relatives for stealing away our lives when they need care, so there is nothing wrong with finding other ways, other people to take care of all their daily needs.
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