When I lived in Maryland, the couple across the street were getting along in years. I knew the woman had issues, but she was there everyday while the husband worked. One day I see her outside as usual taking care of her flowers in the front yard. Only problem was she was nude. Two women had stopped and were trying to convince her to go inside. She was confused and did not understand what the problem was. The husband came right home and apologized to all the neighbors. Next day there she is again. Seems for years the husband would get up and go to work, leaving his wife in bed sleeping. She would get up shower, get dressed then go take care of her lawn, and flowers. Only now she was forgetting the get dressed part. The kids were grown and gone, and they had spent everything they had getting them through college. He had to work to pay the groceries and utilities, and needed a few more years to retire. He had to do something.
I talked this over with a guy at work who I knew lived in a nudist community. My friend contacted the guy across the street, and had him come to visit the community. There was a nice moble home there with a beautiful lawn and flower garden. The occupants had moved out of the country. The couple from across the street moved in. It worked out good for them. He could still work, his wife could still work her flowers nude and no one cared. They now lived inside a gated community, where she could not wonder off. The people living in the community were mostly retired and watched out for her. When I left they were still living there and had been there four years. While visiting my co-worker and his family one day I walked up to her and said "Hi". She leaned towards me and said, "You know I like it here, but some of the people living here are strange". "Some of these folks run around with out any clothes on". I could not help chuckling, there she stood telling me that and she herself was as naked as the day she was born.
Alzheimers treats some folks different. Dad remembers me, but can recognize Mom or any of my brothers. He think Mom's younger sister is his wife. He also thinks his younger bothers widow Dorathy is his girlfriend, and that they are dating. Two weeks ago he told me He and Dorathy had just gotten back from vacation to New York. But Dad also has some issues with his diapers. He'll take them off then run down the hall to the bathroom, naked from the waist down. Forgetting he has a bathroom in his room. Dad also tries to get outside so he can smoke his pipe. Only he does not have a pipe anymore. He wears a monitor on his ankle that triggers an alarm if he goes near the door. If he should somehow get outside the tracking monitor will tell them where he is. We took him out Christmas to my brothers house. When we got back the staff knew we were coming by the monitor, and were waiting at the front door to check Dad back in.
