Gladys was readmitted to a hospital in 1953, and was supported by Monroe with $250 a month. She was looked after by Monroe's business manager, Inez Melson, until Monroe's death in 1962. Gladys was left a trust fund of $100,000 by her daughter, of which she received $5,000 a year. In 1963, she was reported to have walked 15 miles to the Lakeview Terrace Baptist Church. After trying to escape on numerous occasions, she was released from Rockhaven Sanitarium in 1966. Gladys first lived with her daughter Berniece, until moving to the "Collins Court Home for aged people", Gainesville, Florida, where she stayed until her death on March 11, 1984.