Nancy has this problem:

“Just rescued a 2 yr old snoodle, Scooter, is is name, he was housebroken at one time but now is confused, you can walk him for an hour and he will wait until you are not looking or even looking and he will pee inside and hide to poop
I am now crating him when he is out of my site, is this the correct procedure? The only time he is safe to not pee or poop is in the bed with me at night, in his dog bed at the end of my feet in the bed with me. Please tell me how to teach Scooter to pee and poop outside so he can have free rein of the house when I am not home”

Confining your dog when you are not around is not a bad thing to do.  Having too much space to “guard” can cause a lot of stress, leading to the behaviors you have mentioned. Because Scooter is an older dog, he will probably just need reminding what is the appropriate place to toilet.  You can find some tips and further resources about house training an older dog on my Squidoo page: Best Way To Housetrain An Older Dog.