Started Purging Mother-In-Law’s Closet Today

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I had mentioned here on myLot several months ago that it was our goal to reduce the number of clothes and shoes in the mother-in-law‘s closet Having too many things can be a huge agitation for a patient with Alzheimer’s and we wanted to simplify her life Well, she had a couple of issues come up in the meantime so we didn’t follow through with it until today While I was there checking on her medication situation and she was out with my brother and sister-in-law I took the opportunity to take some of her summer clothes and shoes. I don’t think she’s going to notice the missing clothes because I didn’t take that many and I filled in the gaps in the closet, but she’s definitely going to notice the missing shoes and probably have an absolute fit when she does. I took four pair of sandals and all of her shorts because summer is over and she never wore shorts the whole season. I took 14 short sleeve shirts. I’m going to keep all of the shorts and two pair of the sandals to return to her next year when it’s summer again. But I’m going to give away the shirts because she has four times as many still in the closet. We’re definitely going to give away all of her shirts that have buttons on them because she can no longer figure out how to navigate buttons. At some point, we’re going to receive that “ meltdown” phone call when she figures it out, but we really are doing what’s best for her.