<human>: love mom. but... she is unhappy with her move to our area...

facts:

1) she moved from a warm climate to be near us for her grandchild's sake. unfortunately, she cannot afford a detached home in our area and refuses a condo/townhome so she had to buy 2 hours away.

2) $600/month mortgage, $117 payoff, $180-$200k value, no property taxes due to age and maybe $1,200ish coming in a month and $5-20k in bank…sorry, I do not know but am guesstimating, poorly I'm sure

my brain hurts trying to figure out the best plan going forward. she seems so miserable being so far but we can't do much to assist. she has no spouse or other children so we are it. we also don't expect much to be left to us and have no idea how her health will be later on (she just turned a spritely 68). 

thoughts i've had:

1) combine loans and purchase something large enough she could live in (with us). downside, i'm not living with my mom for the next 20 years. 

2) and this is where a more financially savvy person would come in to play.... if we could purchase something with the expectation that she would *rent* from us, would that benefit us down the line? if, essentially, her only willed item would be the property she owns, and who knows where or what that property would be worth…does it make sense for her to cash out now, get something of higher value but in 'our name' and help us 'pay it down'? (am i reverse mortgaging moms?)

i'm sure there is more info needed to help anyone help me with this. i tried formulating an excel spreadsheet but that glass of wine was more appealing to tackle.

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: i love my mom but i can't buy her happiness. if you do anything, read "thoughts i've had #2" and tell me if that's a poor direction of thought.