The net amount of (i) the increase (decrease) to assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life for foreign currency translation adjustments and purchase accounting adjustments and (ii) the write-off of the carrying amount of finite-lived intangible assets associated with all or a portion of a reporting unit that is sold in the period.

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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended											3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details) (USD $)	May 31, 2012	May 31, 2011	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013	Feb. 29, 2012	Feb. 28, 2014 Personal Care	Feb. 28, 2013 Personal Care	Feb. 28, 2014 Personal Care Trademarks - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Personal Care Trademarks - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2014 Personal Care Licenses - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Personal Care Licenses - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2014 Personal Care Other Intangibles - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Personal Care Other Intangibles - finite-lived	May 31, 2013 Personal Care Trademarks - indefinite-lived	Feb. 28, 2014 Personal Care Trademarks - indefinite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Personal Care Trademarks - indefinite-lived	Feb. 28, 2014 Personal Care Licenses - indefinite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Personal Care Licenses - indefinite-lived	Feb. 29, 2012 Personal Care Licenses - indefinite-lived	Feb. 28, 2014 Housewares	Feb. 28, 2013 Housewares	Feb. 28, 2014 Housewares Other Intangibles - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Housewares Other Intangibles - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2014 Housewares Trademarks - indefinite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Housewares Trademarks - indefinite-lived	Feb. 29, 2012 Housewares Trademarks - indefinite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Healthcare/Home Environment	Feb. 28, 2014 Healthcare/Home Environment	Feb. 28, 2014 Healthcare/Home Environment Licenses - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Healthcare/Home Environment Licenses - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2014 Healthcare/Home Environment Other Intangibles - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Healthcare/Home Environment Other Intangibles - finite-lived	Feb. 28, 2014 Healthcare/Home Environment Trademarks - indefinite-lived	Feb. 28, 2013 Healthcare/Home Environment Trademarks - indefinite-lived	Feb. 29, 2012 Healthcare/Home Environment Trademarks - indefinite-lived
Goodwill and intangible assets
Goodwill impairment charges	$ 0	$ 0
Non-cash indefinite-lived intangible assets impairment charges	0	0												12,050,000	12,049,000
Non-cash indefinite-lived intangible assets impairment charges, net of tax														12,030,000	12,030,000
Weighted Average Life								14 years 7 months 6 days	15 years 7 months 6 days	6 years 6 months	7 years 2 months 12 days	4 years	5 years									2 years 8 months 12 days	3 years 8 months 12 days						3 years	4 years	7 years 7 months 6 days	8 years 7 months 6 days
Changes in Goodwill
Goodwill Gross Carrying Amount, balance at the beginning of the period						81,841,000	81,841,000													166,132,000	166,132,000						250,867,000	251,758,000
Cumulative Goodwill Impairments, balance at the beginning of the period	(46,490,000)		(46,490,000)	(46,490,000)		(46,490,000)	(46,490,000)
Goodwill Acquisition and Retirement Adjustments																											891,000
Goodwill Gross Carrying Amount, balance at the end of the period						81,841,000	81,841,000													166,132,000	166,132,000						251,758,000	251,758,000
Cumulative Goodwill Impairments, balance at the end of the period			(46,490,000)	(46,490,000)	(46,490,000)	(46,490,000)	(46,490,000)
Goodwill Net Book Value			453,241,000	453,241,000		35,351,000	35,351,000													166,132,000	166,132,000						251,758,000	251,758,000
Changes in intangible assets - indefinite-lived
Intangible assets - indefinite-lived, Gross Carrying Amount, balance at the beginning of the period														75,803,000	75,803,000	75,303,000	10,300,000	10,300,000	10,300,000					75,200,000	75,200,000	75,200,000							54,000,000	54,000,000	54,000,000
Intangible assets - indefinite-lived, Additions																500,000
Intangible assets - indefinite-lived, Impairments	0	0												(12,050,000)	(12,049,000)
Intangible assets - indefinite-lived, Gross Carrying Amount, balance at the end of the period															63,754,000	75,803,000	10,300,000	10,300,000	10,300,000					75,200,000	75,200,000	75,200,000							54,000,000	54,000,000	54,000,000
Changes in intangible assets - finite-lived
Intangible assets - finite-lived, Gross Carrying Amount, balance at the beginning of the period								150,000	150,000	18,683,000	19,564,000	49,437,000	49,437,000									15,609,000	15,774,000						15,300,000	14,900,000	114,490,000	114,790,000
Intangible assets - finite-lived, Additions																						339,000	278,000
Intangible assets - finite-lived, Acquisition and Retirement Adjustments											(881,000)											(255,000)	(443,000)							400,000		(300,000)
Intangible assets - finite-lived, Gross Carrying Amount, balance at the end of the period								150,000	150,000	18,683,000	18,683,000	49,437,000	49,437,000									15,693,000	15,609,000						15,300,000	15,300,000	114,490,000	114,490,000
Intangible assets - finite-lived, Accumulated Amortization			(94,698,000)	(73,344,000)		(42,527,000)	(36,599,000)	(77,000)	(72,000)	(15,887,000)	(15,570,000)	(26,563,000)	(20,957,000)							(11,149,000)	(10,070,000)	(11,149,000)	(10,070,000)				(26,675,000)	(41,022,000)	(6,416,000)	(3,455,000)	(34,606,000)	(23,220,000)
Intangible assets - finite-lived, Net Book Value								73,000	78,000	2,796,000	3,113,000	22,874,000	28,480,000									4,544,000	5,539,000						8,884,000	11,845,000	79,884,000	91,270,000
Goodwill and intangible assets
Gross Carrying Amount, balance at the beginning of the period	928,258,000		928,703,000	928,258,000		236,214,000	236,595,000													256,941,000	257,106,000						434,557,000	435,548,000
Additions			339,000	778,000			500,000													339,000	278,000
Impairments			(12,049,000)			(12,049,000)
Acquisition and Retirement Adjustments			(255,000)	(333,000)			(881,000)													(255,000)	(443,000)						991,000
Gross Carrying Amount, balance at the end of the period			916,738,000	928,703,000	928,258,000	224,165,000	236,214,000													257,025,000	256,941,000						435,548,000	435,548,000
Net Book Value			775,550,000	808,869,000		135,148,000	153,125,000													245,876,000	246,871,000						408,873,000	394,526,000
Aggregate Amortization Expense			21,612,000	22,400,000	20,069,000
Estimated Amortization Expense
February 2015			21,021,000
February 2016			20,838,000
February 2017			20,523,000
February 2018			16,704,000
February 2019			$ 12,000,000