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Your profile talks about the situation with your in-laws, is this the Mum who has clutter, or is it your mother?

Many seniors are very attached to their stuff. My Dad is a hoarder and takes it to an extreme.

Sometimes it is easier to have an outsider come in to tell them what needs to be done. They will still kick up a fuss when their stuff is moved, but it takes some of the pressure off you.

To give you an idea of how my Dad thinks... Dad is a fall risk, there is far too much furniture and piles of stuff in his house. He thinks he will use the furniture to help him back up when he falls. He does not consider that there is more stuff for him to hit his head on when he falls.

Yet 20 years ago, Dad put in grab rails and bars all over the place as he had heard that falls were lead to the deaths of many seniors.
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I read your profile. Since SIL is financial POA she should be doing her parents finances, not you. You really have no control to be able to talk to people for him. She does and she needs to be tending to it.

Its nice that some of the grands are willing to help but, you are just enabling/disabling you in-laws. If they have the money, they would do so much better in an AL. FIL will only get worse. In an AL they have help and meals.
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