Tips for Dealing with Rummaging and Hiding Things

Caring for an Alzheimer's patient or loved one who rummages around or hides things in the home is a challenge, but not an insurmountable one.

Protecting your property

• Lock certain rooms or cabinets to protect their contents, and lock up all valuables.
• Have mail delivered out of reach of the Alzheimer's patient--perhaps to a post office box.
• If items do disappear, learn the person’s preferred hiding places and look there first to find hidden objects.
• Restrict access to wastebaskets and trashcans, and check all wastebaskets before disposing of their contents, in case objects have been hidden there.

Protecting Alzheimer’s patients from harming themselves

• Remove or prevent access to unsafe substances, such as cleaning products, alcohol, firearms, power tools, sharp knives, and medications.
• Prevent electrical accidents by blocking unused electrical outlets with childproofing devices. Hide stove knobs so the person can’t turn on the burners.
• Lower the temperature on water heaters.
• Designate a special drawer of items that the person can safely “play” with when keen torummage.

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