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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My family member had been in memory care and his belongings were repeatedly stolen. His wife bought him new undershirts and underwear, put his name on every single one - gone within days. The family member had been a high school teacher, spending most of his life serving others, and this is what happened to him. His wife didn't want to complain too much bc she was worried staff members would retaliate. I was so mad when I heard about it, though I know this is just a minor thing compared to the real abuse and neglect.[/quote]

One of my family members had clothes stolen with the tags still on while in a facility. Just ridiculous. And the place all but frankly admitted it was an issue but that they had no intention of doing anything about it.

And these were bargain basement/K-Mart quality. How does a person rationalize stealing a disabled person’s clothing?[/quote]

Do you know that it was staff as opposed to another patient?[/quote]

Clothing gets mixed up in the wash and sometimes patients take it as they are unaware it isn't theirs/out of their minds and no clue.

We had to replace things every 4-6 months between what went missing and laundry.[/quote]

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