Hi FC
I would agree with Jennifer on this, though I would go for a cash box with a combination (pin number) which can be changed every few months and can be given over the phone if necessary. I used a private Care company and the number was registered with the supervisor. A receipt book is a good idea.
My mum always had to have a certain amount of money in her purse otherwise she got extremely anxious. There was no way I could take it all away and tell her I would pay all the bills. Realistically we probably didn’t lose any cash, though too many foreign coins turned up in her loose change.
However I did find that mum would put money away in draws and behind books, and not remember what she had done. Over a period of months there would be weeks where mum ended up with more money than she started with.
I found that one cause of “loss” was that the Carer who took mum to the Pensioners’ Club always took most of the money out of mum’s purse before taking her… but often forgot to put it back again, having hidden it in one of mum’s kitchen draws.
Being a simple male I also went for many months not understanding that mum had two identical handbags (well they were both black
), and I did not appreciate that the one that was always hidden at the back of the wardrobe was being rotated with the one mum went out with on a regular basis, though all the money was not being transfered.
Clive