Re: Re: Lewy Body Dementia Incontinence

[Guest guest]

kathy

how about the poise pads, the are made for urinary accidents, not for a

full pee, but to catch the embarassing accidnets, like from sneezing spells

or something, i have never used them but i thik Depends makes pads to for

urinary incontinenc,e maybe she will wear those, as they arent 'heard ' by

others like some plastic lined stuff has that crinkly, sound that the wearer

swears that everyone hears even if they dont just a thought good luck and

hugs,

on another note, levaquin is a very strong antibiotic which is great for

kidney infections, also macrobid/macrodanton for maybe 21days after that, is

a longer term antibiotic frequenstly used as a preventatvie for infections

but also used to get rid of the ;lingering leftovers that the other

antibiotics may have left behind. hugs sharon

-- Re: Lewy Body Dementia Incontinence

Thanks Sharon for the info. My Mom knows she is having accidents and

it is truly embarassing for her. She knows enough still to clean

herself up after and is constantly washing her underclothing and

pants. I did buy her some some pull up disposable panties but she

refuses to wear them. I guess she is just not ready for that yet. I

thought they would be less embarassing than the accidents in her

clothes but guess not at this stage.

Thanks for all of your support.

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Kathy,

I didn't have this problem with Mom until she hit the nh. I do remember many

caregivers talking about using whatever they use with usual undies. It

prevented them being removed and it made it seem more " normal. "

Also one of the tricks I used with Mom is wait for the opportunity and if she

wants to go somewhere for an unusual length of time and she really wants to go,

say it is to bad she can't use the depends and then you could all go! That kind

of incentive got Mom into a transport chair. She really wanted to go to church

and we had an unusual long walk due to the parking. I said I guess we would

have to come back because she couldn't walk that far. All of a sudden she was

willing to use the chair.

Hope this helps.

Donna R

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Re: Lewy Body Dementia Incontinence

Hi ,

I had not really thought about the incotinence pads. I will give

that a try. thanks!

Kathy

> >

> > Thanks Sharon for the info. My Mom knows she is having

accidents and

> > it is truly embarassing for her. She knows enough still to

clean

> > herself up after and is constantly washing her underclothing and

> > pants. I did buy her some some pull up disposable panties but

she

> > refuses to wear them. I guess she is just not ready for that

yet. I

> > thought they would be less embarassing than the accidents in her

> > clothes but guess not at this stage.

> > Thanks for all of your support.

> > Kathy

> >

>

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