Today's Visit With Mother-in-Law Was Mostly Good With a Slight Twist

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Mother-in-law was in a good mood today. She was happy and unstressed. She seems to possibly be calming down and accepting her new surroundings and her "new normal." We took her out to lunch and she ate well and enjoyed new scenery. But then I looked down at her leg. She wears an ankle security monitor so that she can't "wander" out of the memory care facility. The transmitter in her ankle monitor locks down the doors. The ankle monitor was covered in poop. I took her into the ladies' room and cleaned her up. The outside of her pants appeared clean. She did not know she had experienced an "accident." When we got her back to her room we had a very gentle talk with her about not being embarrassed but trying to make her aware that she's having "accidents" and trying to talk her into wearing the incontinence disposable underwear that the care facility provides. She didn't try to deny anything but she had that "deer in the headlights" look on her face as if she wasn't understanding anything that was going on. It was very sad. Just another sad effect of aging, diabetes, and Alzheimer's. I always post a pink photo to accompany posts about MIL because her favorite color is pink.