Caught between a rock and a hard place, I am a single mother with a young daughter, striving to focus on her upbringing and ensure she has the best childhood possible. On the other hand, I have an elderly stepfather, Walter, who is 84 and lives alone in a deteriorating house in a tiny rural village. The situation is becoming increasingly dire, and our recent suggestion of moving him to a nursing home led to an emotional breakdown, leaving us at a painful impasse.