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My husband cannot quit sorting through and moving his personal things.
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: 3 days ago | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
labrown,
My husband does similar things. One time he took everything from one drawer of his dresser and put the things in the backseat of the car. He has taken things from his bathroom drawers and put them in a box. He often thinks he is in the wrong house, so I think he is getting ready to move. His paranoia has gotten worse. Whenever he has trouble finding something he blames all those other people in our house. No one else lives with us. He has hidden his cell phone many times. This is hard to believe but one time I actually found his cell phone in his pillowcase on our bed also he has hidden his cane in our car. I have spent many hours hunting for things that he has hidden. I just hate Alzheimer's.
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@katrina123 Sounds like my life. You have others living with you too? It's better that he blames others for taking and hiding his things than blaming you. You can always be the good wife in offering to help look for the missing items. Every Sunday I pull out my husband's wedding ring for him to wear to church. He is always so amazed that I find it. He doesn't realize that I put it up so that it is safe all week. He lost it one time last year and it was about six months before we stumbled across it. My husband also hides things in his pillowcase and everywhere else. The cell phone has disappeared completely so unless we happen to stumble across it that's one less thing to look for. Alzheimer's is tough...for them and us!