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Toileting Issues in the Elderly
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Are the bedside commodes really helpful?
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LavenderBear
Answered Sep 2021
I'm worried about my mother. She just told me that she has a hard time urinating unless she's standing up. Any thoughts?
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JoAnn29
Answered Aug 2021
Beside taping the hose pipe down at night out of reach, what else?
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answry
Answered Aug 2021
How can I help my husband to wipe his butt instead of showering it?
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Grandma1954
Answered Aug 2021
Time for a chair type of commode. Can anyone recommend an alternative that I can put in her bedroom please?
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vegaslady
Answered Aug 2021
Anyone using an electric toilet lift?
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Grandma1954
Answered Aug 2021
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Which personal wipes are best for dad’s sore bottom? He is raw and sensitive on top of it. Thanks in advance.
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C
Crazemum81
Answered Aug 2021
Our bathroom door is too small for a walker or a wheelchair to fit in to get to toilet and he cannot walk. Suggestions?
14 Answers
G
gelleng
Replied Aug 2021
My father will just urinate wherever (trash can, corners, kitchen floor furniture). Anyone else have this problem and what do u do?
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YMAHON2872
Replied Aug 2021
How can you get a loved one with Alzheimer's to use the toilet instead of inappropriate places?
22 Answers
E
earlybird
Answered Aug 2021
We use a "bedside commode" to go over the toilet. However, the one we have has a small seat. Any suggestions for one with a larger seat?
4 Answers
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Ricky6
Answered Aug 2021
How do you deal with an Alzheimer's husband who does not use the bathroom? When I try to get him to sit on the toilet, he refuses.
5 Answers
C
Countrymouse
Replied Aug 2021
I use a bedside commode which she urinates in & empty the urine downstairs. She needs commode for feces. Can I use the commode liner for bm?
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InFamilyService
Answered Jul 2021
97 year old mother urinates every 15 minutes. She has been to a urologist who gave her Myrbetriq which is not helping. Thoughts?
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JoAnn29
Answered Jul 2021
How can I get my sister to go to the bathroom? She wears depends but acts like she is scared to go into the bathroom and refuses.
5 Answers
B
Beatty
Answered Jul 2021
Is it healthy for a patient in bed to be moved on a toilet chair?
3 Answers
G
Grandma1954
Replied Jul 2021
Parents, brother and his wife are very upset with me. Advice?
68 Answers
P
Psyclinz
Answered Jul 2021
Trying to keep Mom out of my bathroom is proving difficult.
7 Answers
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JoAnn29
Replied Jun 2021
Husband incontinence, forgetting to clean thoroughly. Suggestions?
5 Answers
N
NeedHelpWithMom
Answered Jun 2021
Has anyone dealt with loved one continuously feeling the need for BM, but only small amount on tissue?
4 Answers
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Diadon56
Answered Jun 2021
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