While she could still walk I would hold her arm, then she needed a cane, then a walker, finally a wheelchair. But she still loved the mall and the parks in good weather. She liked to smell all the good things even if she had trouble seeing them. And she loved going to Arby's for a Beef and Cheddar. And then to the Donut Den where she could sit and feel and hear the people. Sometimes we would stay there a couple of hours.
If there had been no way for me to get her out of the house I could not have done any of those things with her. My uncle though, modified his house so she could get in and out. Stairs, much less steep ones, were out of the question so he put in a ramp.
I don't know if that is possible in this case, I suspect not which is why I made the suggestion that she should think about moving.
Of course it’s possible, if one WANTS to do it. Linda Chavez thinks her mother would be “trapped” but more likely it’s Linda who’d feel trapped with her mom around. If she wanted to she could build a ramp. You don’t put your mother in an institution because of a flight of stairs.