JerrySTL ★ Posted July 10, 2019 Share #1 Posted July 10, 2019 We've been moving him out of his apartment to assisted living for the past couple of months. Here's some of what we found. There were 10 large boxes sealed up and said "Do Not Open Until Dec 10". Most were filled with about 50 lbs of books. He had bed bugs in 2010 and starving the bugs is a way to kill them. Still the boxes hadn't been opened in 9 years. He has enough nail clippers for each finger and toe plus a few extra. Still his nails are way too long. He has over 20 belts and all but 2 have never been used. Over 100 ties. He was taking out books and DVDs from 4 different libraries and not returning them. He really doesn't read and his DVD player was broken. Same goes with the NY Times paper. He subscribed to it but the papers were never read. They were neatly stacked. He had over 10 radios for a small apartment. Also 4 sets of pots and pans but didn't cook. He didn't turn on his AC even though he lived on the top floor of a south-facing building. He also didn't open his windows because there was a funeral home next door and that freaked him out. I could go on and on. It's good that we were able to get rid of a lot of crap plus now the assisted living facility will keep him fed and on his meds. Now we just need to get his finances straightened out as bes possible. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted July 10, 2019 Share #2 Posted July 10, 2019 You’re a good man. I’ve been there recently. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted July 10, 2019 Share #3 Posted July 10, 2019 You are a good man, sad really, isn’t it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted July 10, 2019 Share #4 Posted July 10, 2019 Is the upside that he a billionaire like Howard Hughes???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted July 10, 2019 Share #5 Posted July 10, 2019 I only hope I'm deceased before someone else has to go through all my stuff. Kudos to you for helping your BIL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 11, 2019 Share #6 Posted July 11, 2019 Good luck, Jerry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted July 11, 2019 Share #7 Posted July 11, 2019 2 hours ago, JerrySTL said: keep him fed and on his meds. Psychiatric, or just for physical illnesses? If Psych, OCD, or frank psychosis? I just had a long talk with my friend about his OCD hoarding mother, and my hoarding GM. It’s really frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted July 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Prophet Zacharia said: Psychiatric, or just for physical illnesses? If Psych, OCD, or frank psychosis? I just had a long talk with my friend about his OCD hoarding mother, and my hoarding GM. It’s really frustrating. Just physical. He's on the autism spectrum but was able to hold a job for 20 years and drive a car. But no psych drugs yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted July 11, 2019 New low or high depending on how you look at it. WoJSTL found a couple of business cards for a dry cleaners. BIL is missing a suit jacket and Patti called to see if they had it. Actually BIL has a $350 bill there with lots of clothing including underwear! Seems that when he decided to stop doing his own laundry a few months ago, he figured that he's have the dry cleaners do his tighty-whities! I'm tempted to have them put extra starch in his underwear. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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