[Golf1echo]

It is Grandpa's choice until they take it away...

This is why you have to have a plan in place! Family or friends, someone has to be there to advocate for you...scary stuff, and it can happen rapidly.

Probably not surprising to folks here that people will go along way in fighting for their independence. They will push people away, tell stories, and believe what they will in order to do so. There have been a good number of threads on elderly citizens that have done very well with firearms and function at high levels.

But

Grandma fell again, Insurance dependent Hospital's social workers attempted to send her to a long term lock down facilityw/ advocate she went to cutting edge rehab facility...These are where the Neuro Psychological examinations occur, ie Dementia As Pete says etc..,etc..,etc... Then Guardian, Conservator, Courts, 24-7 Care givers, Attorneys, etc...Not to mention concentric circles of people who were...well, waiting to prey. ( I had no idea the scope of industry revolving around redistribution of elderly peoples money and property.)
All this can go much smoother and less expensively with a plan in place, any weapons are secure, and the elder person involved is in a safe situation. Tough and enlightening stuff...