[unclebilly]

Over the past 5+ years he has shut off the home support numerous times then it gets reactivated when something bad happens.

4 weeks ago, he had registered nurses coming twice a day to help with his meds and home support coming in once a day to cook him a meal.

He had meals on wheels coming 3 times a week with food (suspended while he’s in the hospital), a lifeline (he got mad because it kept going off whenever he fell so he got rid of it), and he refuses to take his meds regularly (or at all sometimes). When he doesn’t control his sugars, the blood sugar sits between 24 and 28. He also refuses to eat sensible foods for a diabetic.

He has no family within 600 miles so this doesn’t help matters either.

Once he is in a nursing home, we will move him closer. He won’t do this voluntarily as he doesn’t realize just how bad things are.

We’ve tried everything and are on the downward spiral. There is no fairy tail ending in this but with him closer, atleast we can see him regularly in his last few years. Also perhaps he will start to get to know his only grandchildren (my kids).

We have 4 things at play here:

1. Stubbornness.
2. Diabetes
3. Dementia.
4. Broken hip.

I’m upset with it all but my hands are tied. Everything we’ve setup over the years gets turned off. We want the best for him but he certainly isn’t making it easy on anyone (especially himself).