A great lady at my Mom's assisted living asked me for some daughterly advice and I fell short. I'm posing the question to you experts so my friend can get some sleep. She's exhausted from getting up dozens of times nightly to urinate and has trouble walking. She's decided "to hell with it, I'm just gonna wear a diaper at night. " What's the best way to go considering convenience, cost, skin health, dignity? I notice my Mom puts pads inside her disposable briefs and I thought that made them less effective. A woman told me she does that too to get multiple uses out of the briefs. I hear about double diapering too and I'm frankly confused on the whole subject. A big hug to everyone out there today sharing this journey.
PS My moms never had a bed sore or rash in almost 8 years also.
This is what I use and my Mom goes 12 hours days and 12 hours nights with this combination on. I order the tab diapers from amazon and the boosters from amazon. I also keep mom slightly raised, not flat at night to the urine always goes into the diaper.
Here is the diaper... TENA Stretch Ultra Brief 2XL - New! 64/Case: Health & Personal Care
Here is the booster...
NorthShore Booster Pads w/ Adhesive, 2X-Large Contour, Case/80 (8/10s): Health & Personal Care
If they suddenly wet too much at night, its a UTI, give amoxicillin 2x daily for 7 days, as per your doctor of course. I HOPE this helps, been at this over 7 years now.
Members have provided good answers for you, especially seeing a doctor, so hopefully this challenge will be managed soon. God bless.
Does your mother's friend have a commode by her bed, though? I can sympathise with her getting fed up with getting up, but if the urge to urinate is waking her anyway it seems a shame for her to head down the slippery slope - maybe a bedside commode would be a compromise?
Whether someone uses a pad inside the brief or not the brief should be changed everyday like underwear for hygienic purposes. Unless there's incontinence in which case the brief should be changed after every accident.