They live together in my mother's home but mother is now experiencing some dementia and less ability to take care of even herself. My mother will probably need to go to an assisted living facility in the near future but the only place nearby will not take people who have mental illness (form of autism but not severe). I live in another state but am coordinating caregivers who work 3 hours a day (they have had this assistance for some time). Where can my sister go where she will be taken care of and will not cost much?
I'd forgotten how difficult it was to live with someone on the spectrum when I said my son and family could move in for a couple of months. He tested just below the cutoff for Aspies but still has to be told what to do when. Normal people pick up on social cues, hints, straight out requests, but if he figures out what you want him to do, then he will argue! It is so frustrating, but they moved out and I can love him at a distance again.