Hello!!!! It's the old lady's HOME!!! What part of HOME do you not understand?????????
Plus, they HAVE a smoking room! She can smoke in there and not SPREAD carbon monoxide and TAR????? hahahah
You sure are a heartless person for a CONSERVATIVE!
It's not her home as in owning a home. She shares an environment - aka a nursing home with others. I find it interesting that this basic stuff has to be explained to you.
The heartless ones are those who would force others to inhale their carbon monoxide and tar. The good lady has choices: go live wih daughter or go live in another nursing home that allows smoking and smoke to her heart's (and lungs') content!
This is really elementary: what don't you understand about it?