My mom uses so much toilet paper she stops up commode after having b.m. she goes through 2 rolls before I finish 1. Before it was boxes of Kleenex like she is obsesses. I bought her handkerchiefs because I got tired of picking up Kleenex. There was handful of toilet paper in waste can this am--probably using it to wipe nose also. She gets mad at me when I tell her not to waste so much, even tells me to shutup. with her alzheimers
am caregiver for my wife and we are just starting the journey, but I was pleased
to know she was not the only one using tp in same manner. JH
Today I noticed that Dad is still doing that in his Independent Living apartment where he recently moved. On days when his caregivers are there, they keep that in check. I tried to tell Dad that his utility bill will be the same whether he flushed once a day or every half hour.
"If it's brown, flush it down,
If it's yellow, let it mellow!"
I know, it was during a drought when Jerry Brown was first Governor of Ca.
Or a sign of being fastidious? Or something else?