She's been in the same AL for Memory Care for 6 yrs. Same room. The last 3 mos she's getting things out (this month it's books) and stacking it up, as if she's moving. By the time I get there (or staff) and put it away, she doesn't remember why it's out. This would be OK but for the fact that she stacks it on the floor - becoming a safety hazard. Should I take out all the books but one small case? (she has 3, and is a voracious reader) Also has been taking the photos out of scrapbooks we made her to remind of family members, cutting up pix, tearing a page out of a book, etc.
I put a few things in her closet and drawers to play with and the rest of the room was mostly cleared out with big recliners for her and a bed and a plastic lightweight bureau. I also left in a load of towels for her to play with and she would fold and unfold them sometimes. We also have the door cut in half with it a latch hook lock on the hallway side so she can stand there and look at us, etc and be safe in her room. We locked it at night and she used to come to the door and say "HI!" and go back to bed, and repeat it up again "HI" over and over and over but she was safe and we could see her. Since her stroke it all stopped and as much as it aggravated me to hear her yell hi all night long, I miss it now as she cant get up. Good luck, its a phase I guess you could say.