Make sure he's wearing either Depends or some type of incontinence brief, and you can add a men's Kotex type pad in it as well, for more absorbency. Make sure he has several waterproof pads underneath him, so the sheets and mattress won't get wet. You can also use a plastic urinal for overnight, so he won't go in his Depends. If his current medication isn't working, have his urologist prescribe another, as there are several ones available for incontinence. His urologist can also put Botox in your husbands bladder to try and stop the urgency, and if all else fails, he can either use a condom catheter, or one that you or he can put in him, or like I had to do with my husband, he got a supra pubic catheter(which is a permanent one)which was wonderful as I only had to empty his catheter bag twice a day. I feel for you for sure as I went through all that with my husband. It's no fun. I wish you well in getting things figured out.
Doubling up a pull up brief will not double the absorbency. the pull up and tab briefs have a liner on the outside that is there to prevent leakage. this will prevent a second pull up or tab brief from fully absorbing excess fluid. There are pads that are made to be placed inside a pull up or tab brief that will absorb more. You can get a much more absorbent under pad that will help keep bedding lean and dry. There are condom catheters that you could use. Another option might be to wake him and have him use a urinal if getting him out of bed and to the bathroom or commode is not easy or safe to do.
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My mom is now in a hospice house but I did care for her in my home for many years.
She is incontinent due to her Parkinson’s disease and her age.
A nurse told her that sugar causes more urinating. Mom has always loved eating ice cream and drinking ensure drinks which have sugar!
When she cut back on the sugar it didn’t seem to make a huge difference. Maybe for some people it does help.
That pill, began with a b, sorry can’t remember the name took a long time before a slight change was noticed.
Wetting the bed at night is an extremely common problem.
Mom has a catheter in place now. She has dealt with some UTI’s but the antibiotics have kept them under control so far.
I feel for you for sure as I went through all that with my husband. It's no fun. I wish you well in getting things figured out.
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the pull up and tab briefs have a liner on the outside that is there to prevent leakage. this will prevent a second pull up or tab brief from fully absorbing excess fluid.
There are pads that are made to be placed inside a pull up or tab brief that will absorb more.
You can get a much more absorbent under pad that will help keep bedding lean and dry.
There are condom catheters that you could use.
Another option might be to wake him and have him use a urinal if getting him out of bed and to the bathroom or commode is not easy or safe to do.