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[quote=Anonymous]My mother was like this, except no aids, just my father at her beck and call, who didn’t do much either. 
The poster above is right, the choices is to either leave her with her precious hoard or call authorities on her and become the enemy (she WILL figure out it was you). 
I must add that any help provided by us kids was misused, misinterpreted, or just wasted. When my father had to be hospitalized and my brother held the fort for a week, he allegedly misplaced some of her precious hoard and immediately became the enemy of the state so to speak. They did not speak for a few years. 
I tried to organize food delivery, she would order a lot more than they could eat and, you guessed it, hoard it! It would just rot. 
She cried and whined how her iPad was broken and we got her a new one. Both were found in her hoard in working condition after she passed. Same was with anything she asked for: clothing, electronics, etc.

This is all to say, please don’t feel bad! This is a very bad mental illness and there is really not much you can do. It sounds horrible but dying is the best thing she can do for herself and others. Otherwise it’s ongoing trauma and horrible filth [/quote]

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