That's very sad. Obviously she did ok during the day, when he was probably at work ... but can you imagine curling up in a closet from 6 pm to 7 am, for example, every single day. Not being able to move, make a sound, use the restroom ... and what about weekends?

Maybe he should just let the poor lady live in his extra room. Obviously, she would cause him no problems as a room mate! She could clean the house and make dinner in exchange for a room. That's what I would do, anyway.