Mother-In-Law Had a Minor Meltdown on Monday

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She did it again. She called in anger and tears and accused my husband (her son) of stealing from her and of putting her in a "home" and of being a liar. My husband handled it very well. It's all over money. She wants money. She doesn't have any money. She's not allowed to have money in her room because she's been accusing people of stealing things from her room. We have bought her everything she "needs" (not "wants" but "needs") and will continue to do so. She's not happy with that. She's always been a shopaholic. She really got ugly about it. Hubby stood his ground. She brought up all sorts of fabricated incidents that allegedly happened at the home and says "everybody says things of theirs is getting stolen" which of course reinforces why we're not giving her money and of course is the very nature of Alzheimer's where people think their things are being stolen. Then halfway through the conversation she stops crying and starts telling old stories from when she was 3 years old and saying what a great conversation she had with another patient. It was a complete 180 degree about face turn of events. Alzheimer's is a terrible disease.