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This morning, my toothbrush came up gone. I keep it in a carry case. This is not the first time my stuff, which I keep in the bathroom, disappeared. There is a small cabinet behind the door in the bathroom that has multiple shelves. I want to put her name on the shelf and put her stuff on it for her, thinking she will leave mine alone. She is 80, has Parkinson's and dementia.

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Her short term memory loss and processing ability will not allow her to learn new things.

I suggest you keep your toiletries in your room. You should leave nothing in the bathroom, like medicines OTC and prescription in the bathroom. Pretend Mom is a child and child proof your home, I also suggest that you put a lock on ur door to keep her out of ur bedroom.
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JoAnn29 Sep 2020
If you don't want to go thru the trouble of a lock and have a round handle you can get baby proof covers. The go around and around. They have to be squeezed a certain way for them to be open.
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With dementia, this likely won’t work. You’ll need to find a way to keep them out of her sight.
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I agree, my mom has mistaken my clothes, car keys etc as hers. The only answer I’ve found is to keep my stuff private if I want to find it.
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Thank you so much for your offers for the situation. I didn't want to go this far, removing my items, but I see that there isn't any other recourse.
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