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My grandma is 91 and still living at home, but with considerable support (she has a caregiver to make her meals, help her to bed, etc.) I live in the duplex next door and actually have a baby monitor where I can check to make sure she hasn't fallen. Lately I've had to go over quite a bit to offer assistance.

She has really failed in the past year though (it's so sad) and DH and I are moving next week across town to our first home, so there will be no one to check on her as often when I move out. I don't know what will happen, maybe a nursing home, but we all hate the thought of her there.

My mom's mom died youngish (71) from cancer, so she lived at home until her last week.

My mom's dad lived in assisted living because of Alzheimer's until he fell and had to go into a nursing home until he passed.

My dad's dad also died of cancer, last December. He was older, but his only problem was cancer, so he lived with my grandmother until he passed.

My dad's mom has Alzheimers and this summer she went into an assisted living place because she got much worse after my grandpa passed.

My grandmother lived with us when she became sick. She was between our home and the hospital. Both my grandathers live (d) in their own homes- the ones they raised their families in.

My grandma is 90 and she is living on her own in an apartment building 1 bdrm. It is rent controlled so it is restricted to 55+ residents.

My mom's parents still live in their own home, but they were both recently diagnosed with Parkinson's and my aunt and uncle are trying to persuade them to move into a nursing home.

My Grams lives in her own trailer on my aunt's property, a couple hundred yards from my aunt's house. She has a room at my aunt's house if she ever wants to move officially move in but for now she likes her space.

DH's Gram is 93 and lives in a posh apartment in a nursing home ("long-term assisted care facility"). She's been there for about 20 years now...her late husband was there with her until about 5 years ago.

my maternal grandparents moved from their house to a condo when they couldn't take care of the house/yard anymore, my grandfather was taken care of by my grandmother there until he was very ill and he died in a rehab facility. my paternal nana (paternal grandfather died before i was born, but he had a heart attack in his 50s and died alone at his house) sold her 2 of her homes and retired to her home on the cape that was all one level when she was older and taking care of the 3 was too much. once she was in her 80s she had a gardner and i think she had a cleaning woman. she wasn't sick long and we were able to do hospice at her home and she died there.

Maternal grandparents both lived in a nursing home until they passed away (my grandfather moved there first, then my grandmother about two years later).

Paternal grandmother lives in assisted living now.

Besides my paternal grandfather who died young (54ish) from a stroke, all my other grandparents are fairly healthy. My paternal grandmother lives in a condo so she doesn't have to deal with a yard, and my maternal grandparents still live in the home my mom grew up in. Although now they also own a place in Florida and they go there for the winters.

In their own homes, all of them---- with nearby family to check in more than once a day and at the end, with in-home caregivers. My grandad is 92 and still living in his house with a day nurse, and my aunt loves next door and puts him to bed and checks on him in the morning.

My dad's parents moved into a home due to Alzheimer's. My mom's parents live in a condo in Florida and have recently hired a helper to come during the day.

Both sets still live in their homes, well, one set spends so much time at their lakehouse they pretty much live there. lol. I can't say I blame them though!