Yes and yes. My mother had a drawer in her night table and it always had the same things in it, but she would go through that drawer several times a day. It was her ritual. I would have never emptied that drawer because there was nothing she could harm herself in it, so it was her way I guess of self soothing. And she would always tell any girls she saw to put some lipstick on lol. She was very big on lipstick . Sometimes we would put some on and it made her so happy that we listened to her. It seems like little things but it’s not to them. It’s a cruel thing that some of our dearest go through but in the early stages those people are still struggling to hold on to some part of themselves . After she had to go into a nursing home she was ok for a bit but soon lost most of herself. So in hind-site, letting them do safely what they can , is one of the last loving things you can do for them ✌️