The Airplane Trip. We're snowbirds, so after Christmas we return to Las Vegas. There is no reason to pack, but she spends hours building a carry on that weighs a ton. Then there is the purse that weighs 20-pounds (full of coins). Even though I have us both signed up for 'known traveler' and 'pre-check' she gets to the TSA facial recognition and shows her 2-year expired drivers license. "Do you have a something with a photo ID?" I know this will be a problem. I whisper in the TSA lady's ear, "She has Alzheimer's and this will take time." We go through two supervisors and then 20-minutes going through EVERYTHING in bag and purse. I patiently wait on the other side of the 'ropes. When she exits I say, "We're going to clean out that purse." The next day, when she getting ready for the day, I clean out all the stuff, coins, old pieces of paper with written 'reminders,' and junk. I find the essential IDs, passport, current photo drivers license, insurance cards.....and get the purse down to 2-pounds. I hand the purse back to her and say, "Here's your purse, I got rid of the coins and old papers, and organized the important stuff." She picked it up and noticed it was much lighter. She said, "Thank you!." Caregiver lesson learned: 'Just do it, don't ask to do it.'