How do you get parent to change clothes (or at least underwear) daily?

Alzh & Dementia patients get to a stage were the fear water not sure why but they do. It's just like they don't like mirrors because they don't recognize themselves. Sad:( I have this problem with one of my clients so what I do is I set up everything in the bathroom & as they are sitting in the bathroom I hand them a washcloth & ask them to wash their face & then cont to hand them the washcloth so they can wash their arms & so on. As they are washing you remove their clothed calmly & slowly. Also talk to them keep them focused on washing & not what you are doing. Also if they fight you with taking their clothes off give them something to hold on to. By the time they realize what happened they are changed & clean. Extra bonus that works for me is I always put 3 blankets, 3 towels & their clothes in the dryer before getting them in the shower or sponge bath. To keep everything warm wrap them in that extra blanket. When you take that out throw & extra blanket in dryer while getting them dressed so when they come out they can wrap themselves up with a warm cozy blanket.

Part 2 of my answer... With those blankets wrap them up with those blankets when you get them out of the shower. I also put their bottle of lotion in a sinkful of nice hot water while you're showering them. Before applying the lotion shake the bottle well so the lotion gets mixed well. Good luck & I do hope these ideas help.

Or 12 slots, Lynn - January through December?

[don't worry, this is an extremely old joke not an actual suggestion!]

This is all great! In my case, my MIL wears the same clothes day in and out and then sleeps in them as well! Physically she's in better shape than me, and she gets very defensive if you suggest she changes her clothes. She used to hand wash her clothes before we came back to live with her, and used to take her wet undies and lay them in front of the heat register to dry(even in the summer when there was no heat running!) Now I don't see her washing anything. She never had a washing machine, so I try to remind her we have one now and if she puts her clothes in this basket I will wash them for her. But I never get any underwear. I guess one of these days, they may stand up and walk away by themselves!

I have not tried this yet, but thought of an idea. I am going to get a box of some sort and divide it into 7 slots, labeled Sunday through Saturday. Then I will put a clean pair of undies and socks in each slot. When my dad gets dressed in the morning, he will get items from the box, like he does his pills. It may be to late for this habit to take hold (he is 96) but at least I will be able to look at the box and tell how long he has the same ones on.

I realized my parents were only changing underwear once a week. Now that Dad is currently with us I went to twice a week working up to every other day. I have purchased colored underwear and alternate with white so I know he has clean underwear on.

ditto ditto to one of the responses I too purchase two to three outfits different colors but are the same. My mom absolutely hates to wash be it bathing or sponge bathing. I don't argue with her I try to get it done early in the morning when she is more agreeable and she's at her best. However after twelve she gives me all kinds of trouble about washing. So timing makes a difference with Alzheimers. They spiral downward after ten am to twelve pm. I pray this helps someone.

I suppose we might find it a bit less stressful if we revised our own standards a bit. It may be our habit to wear clean undies, at least, daily but would it kill us if we didn't? I'm not planning to find out, but I doubt it.

My mother declines to get out of her pyjamas unless we're going out of the house for some reason. I remind her, humorously, that many people do get dressed even if they're not going out; but the fact is she can't be bothered unless there's an actual motive. Since this is my moment to switch her vest and pants, if it doesn't happen I do think "eeuw" - but if I'm quick I can at least get in there with a new Tena pad mornings and bed-time.

And, I have to admit, so far she doesn't smell. She made me promise ages ago that I would tell her if she ever did get "fragrant" - I'll be interested to see if she still cares should that time come.

I am glad I read through the comments. Good tips. TY everyone.

Thank you,
When my grandmother dresses for bed, I go into her room and take the clothes she has left on her dresser for the next day and place themin the laundry baskest. I think I now need to remove the basket from her room as I am finding that although I have placed clothes in there every night she often has less laundry to wash at the end of the week.