Neil Delamere's Sunday Best

Our resident agony aunt Niamh Fitzpatrick was back this morning to give advice to a listener worried about their grandmother, who is depressed but won’t accept help. Dear Neil and Niamh, What do you do when someone in your life really needs help but won't accept it? Since my granddad passed away several years ago, my grandmother has become depressed, anxious, reclusive, passively suicidal and reckless with her health. Our family have tried to help her and be there for her but she won't accept help from us or seek professional help. She now seems to be developing dementia and it has exacerbated everything that I mentioned above. Now she really is more at risk of accidentally hurting herself in her confusion and being unable to look after herself, but she won't let us help her or go see a doctor. She just wants to lie down and die, but dementia doesn't kill you quickly. We don't want to watch her slowly decline in indignity. We're at our wits end and we don't know what to do. Your advice would be greatl