How do I handle this. I have a lot to do and Mom asks if I can help but the minute she starts helping she leaves, goes in her room and takes her jewelry and looks at it. Then she is constantly asking me to help her with cleaning her dresser. I have done that but she just takes her stuff out again. What can I do? Leave her alone with it or what? Thanks!!!
I agree with girlhart, it gives them something to do.
One of the caregivers in my support group said his wife was constantly sorting her earrings and other costume jewelry. Handling all those pretty things was apparently pleasant for her.
On the bills, can you have them sent to a post office box of something where you could copy them and get the originals, or copies, to her so she can hide them from you? See if you can set up automatic drafts to ensure they get paid on time. If you have to, make up "fake" bills on the computer to send her so she has something to hide. If her mail goes to her mailbox, can you tell her you are concerned about things being stolen from the mailbox? You know, it just so happens that you saw on the news that there had been a rash of mailbox thefts. I think someone on here called it therapeutic fibbing. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do to make sure things get done.
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