My aunt would wear the same clothing for a week if allowed to. She also hangs up soiled clothes. I go into her closet when she's not in her room and sniff her pants to make sure they're clean! My husband says, "I can't believe you do that!" Well, how else am I to know she has clean clothes in there! I spy on her all of the time, starting at 7 a.m. each morning to make sure she's okay and not up to no good...oh, and still breathing!!
We got her the gift certificate, and MIL was thrilled. Except she didn't buy clothes, she bought an umbrella (she has at least a dozen umbrellas) a purse (she has dozens of purses, all of which she loses constantly and then a frantic search ensues) and a shawl that she refers to as either a coat or a pillow. (??? hello, aphasia!)
She says she doesn't like to run the washing machine because it "uses water" and that construction nearby has depleted the water table to an alarming extent, causing a water shortage. There was some road construction going on where she lives awhile back, but there's no water shortage. I checked.
It hasn't gotten to the point where she smells yet, but it will soon. Interestingly, she's always loved mothballs, and she scatters them around with great abandon, to the point that I can't spend five minutes in her pied-a-terre in the city, where she hardly ever goes, without feeling nauseous. She must have almost no sense of smell, because those things stink to high heaven.
As a silver lining, when her laundry is done, I sneak it back in her room and put the basket of clean clothes on her bed for her to deal with, and folding and hanging things gives her something to do for an hour! :)
It's the same thing with a lot of stuff, honestly... I need to get sneaky and hide lots of things or else she will just keep reusing it (or eating it, or drinking it...). Most recently, I had to hide her hairspray because she only has her hair washed once a week and she was applying hairspray 10-12 times a day. Her hair is getting visibly crusty after only a couple of days and she was going through a full can every 2 weeks or so. BLEH!
Youre right DD i have to take more control and bag stuff of course ive said to brother as i need him to put stuff in attic but he dosnt want to lift a finger here as long as he runs the mower over the garden and thats it hes DONE!
The rooms are full of dirty depends,clothes oh and HEY i found her teeth in there today!!!!!!! LOL she was thrilled! yeh im thrilled too!!
When my aunt gets up early, which isn't very often anymore, she puts her day clothes on before I know she's up without changing her soiled Depends, then sits in her chair and gets those soiled. So, I took all of her clothes out of her closet and put them in the guest room where she never goes. This way, she's in her jammies until I bring her a fresh, clean outfit for the day. Tired of washing clothes unnecessarily. Of course, I can't help the times she gets up before we do and puts her pants and shirt on, then goes back to bed! Weird. She's been doing that a lot lately.
Yes one day i was sitting in the docs surgery and smelt pee i thought maybe some smelly person was in before me until i realised it was ME yes my top smelt of pee from mums basket! UGH! i now have to wash iron and do my clothes seperately and lock my bedroom so she cant get at them. I mean what a life!