Are you sure you want to exit? Your progress will be lost.
Who are you caring for?
Which best describes their mobility?
How well are they maintaining their hygiene?
How are they managing their medications?
Does their living environment pose any safety concerns?
Fall risks, spoiled food, or other threats to wellbeing
Are they experiencing any memory loss?
Which best describes your loved one's social life?
Acknowledgment of Disclosures and Authorization
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington. Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services. APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid. We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour. APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment. You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints. Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights. APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.I agree that: A.I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information"). B.APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink. C.APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site. D.If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records. E.This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year. F.You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
✔
I acknowledge and authorize
✔
I consent to the collection of my consumer health data.*
✔
I consent to the sharing of my consumer health data with qualified home care agencies.*
*If I am consenting on behalf of someone else, I have the proper authorization to do so. By clicking Get My Results, you agree to our Privacy Policy. You also consent to receive calls and texts, which may be autodialed, from us and our customer communities. Your consent is not a condition to using our service. Please visit our Terms of Use. for information about our privacy practices.
Mostly Independent
Your loved one may not require home care or assisted living services at this time. However, continue to monitor their condition for changes and consider occasional in-home care services for help as needed.
Remember, this assessment is not a substitute for professional advice.
Share a few details and we will match you to trusted home care in your area:
Would like to hear professional opinions about using Medaline Ultra Absorbent pads as overnight diaper. One of our caregivers mentioned she saw this method used in a hospital. Concerns- skin breakdown as Medaline pads do not wick moisture.
I told myself I would reach out to as many people as I could about MALE CONDOM CATHETERS. Let me preface this by saying we take care of our aging parents in home. My dad was able to use a urinal overnight to pee and we would clean him up in the morning. Since he lost use of his left arm he was unable to stay dry overnight. We would change him at night before bed then in the morning. We used the best diaper we could find for overnight but he inevitably began to have sores on his bottom. This really depressed him because of the pain involved with those skin break downs. The only way we knew to keep him dry was to get up several times throughout the night and place the urinal for him when he called out to us. This took a great toll on us. Whomever spent the night ended up groggy the next morning for work! After a year of feeling like we were doing nightly newborn feedings, I finally came across the male condom catheter and it has totally changed things for the better. Medicare and his secondary cover the cost of the supplies (urine bag, catheters, and wrap around his leg to keep it in place). Listen, you can have the best diaper but it will still get wet which means the skin will sit in urine. This is also the most comfortable dry way to sleep when you suffer from incontinence. Every caregiver of adult males should be alerted to this!!! I felt like we won the lottery when we saw how well they work. I wish our PCP had told us about this the moment my dad broke his hip. I read comments of the wet sheets and linens, and chucks and diapers that are purchased because of overnight leaks (we spent out of pocket for all of these items too!) If I knew about these condom catheters the moment my dad broke his hip we would all have been much better off. Please look into this as an option for overnight-and yes you can use this during the day as well!!! God bless!
Your post piqued my curiosity and I've been doing a little bit of reading about this. I think that skin breakdown relies on timely care no matter which method is used, one plus is that patients are less apt to be left stewing in an unchanged diaper because wetness is more easily noticed (or less easily ignored). I still think that this has to result in more soiled linens, men are almost certainly going to get the top sheet and blanket wet, and unless the person is completely immobile whatever gown they are wearing is apt to get tucked between the legs or beneath the backside.
I would not use any "absorbent pad" in place of a brief. That is tucked up around the person. I can see using it under with no brief at all. There is less bunching between the legs and less folding of the product that can cause skin irritation. But the pad placed under someone will not contain the way a brief would. I had no problems with skin issues when caring for my Husband but he was changed every 2 hours. This did two things, I was able to check skin and he was also being re-positioned when he was in the process of being changed. I did use absorbent re-usable pads under him in case he would leak through. These pads were large enough to use as a draw sheet if needed although I did have a draw sheet as well. Both could be changed easily if they both got wet or soiled. I think it was at the very end when I was able to use a condom catheter on him that I did not put a brief on him.
I'll bump you up to see if anyone has first hand experience with this SistersCare. I have read on the forum that some hospitals are giving up incontinence briefs and just using absorbent pads, supposedly it makes clean up easier. I'm really not understanding the logic behind the idea, it seems to me that would mean bedding and clothing would almost always need changing, especially if there is fecal incontinence.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
A.
I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
B.
APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
C.
APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
D.
If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
E.
This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
F.
You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
The only way we knew to keep him dry was to get up several times throughout the night and place the urinal for him when he called out to us. This took a great toll on us. Whomever spent the night ended up groggy the next morning for work! After a year of feeling like we were doing nightly newborn feedings, I finally came across the male condom catheter and it has totally changed things for the better. Medicare and his secondary cover the cost of the supplies (urine bag, catheters, and wrap around his leg to keep it in place). Listen, you can have the best diaper but it will still get wet which means the skin will sit in urine. This is also the most comfortable dry way to sleep when you suffer from incontinence. Every caregiver of adult males should be alerted to this!!! I felt like we won the lottery when we saw how well they work. I wish our PCP had told us about this the moment my dad broke his hip. I read comments of the wet sheets and linens, and chucks and diapers that are purchased because of overnight leaks (we spent out of pocket for all of these items too!) If I knew about these condom catheters the moment my dad broke his hip we would all have been much better off. Please look into this as an option for overnight-and yes you can use this during the day as well!!!
God bless!
I had no problems with skin issues when caring for my Husband but he was changed every 2 hours. This did two things, I was able to check skin and he was also being re-positioned when he was in the process of being changed.
I did use absorbent re-usable pads under him in case he would leak through. These pads were large enough to use as a draw sheet if needed although I did have a draw sheet as well. Both could be changed easily if they both got wet or soiled. I think it was at the very end when I was able to use a condom catheter on him that I did not put a brief on him.