Sometimes it feels like half my day is spent picking up glasses, bottles, plates, trash, towels, tissues, and other things. I could let it go, but the task wouldn't go away and we would soon run out of glassware. I wonder if others out there spend as much time as I do.
Mum started to hoard about ten years ago then she stopped so we did get rid of alot of stuff now she clutters..........baskets everywhere one for pills one for letters just stuff that we would throw away every night shes organising another basket? they say they start one chore then forget and go on to the next chore then forget so yes then we come along and have to clean it all up again and again its enough to drive you crazy! what i do now as i got so tired of the constant tidying up i clean the whole house in the morning and just let it be at night as im too tired! its worse than a toddler! I used to give out to her before i knew she had dementia but now i just let it go as whats the point! even my cleaning lady is getting annoyed when she comes and has to tidy out another cupboard she can see what i have to go through and is in shock as to just how messy mum can have the place in a matter of hours? I am not a clean freak but i like things organised and in place yep the constant mess is draining and dangerous. The docs the nurses the ot all tell her NO RUGS she keeps putting them down i keep taking them away i took them all away and put into the attic she went when i was away and bought new ones!! You cant win with this but the most maddening thing is sometimes she will comment on the mess like its me oh so frustrating! Im just looking at her chair now a mess all around it.....wool,slippers,newspapers,baskets,tins,crumbs? how do they do it?
I think when this is all over i will have panic attacks whenever i see "baskets". Lol