When she poops in her diaper it makes its way to her urethra and causes the UTIs. We try to change her when we can smell it but a lot of times we just can’t or she has a movement overnight.
Anyone else have this problem as a caretaker? It’s so frustrating cause I’ve tried everything to avoid the uti’s. We give her cranberry juice, Uqora promote pills, vit C and green tea. No matter what we give her for prevention it’s not gonna help if the feces is still making its way to the urethra. Feeling hopeless wish there was something that could separate the poop from the urethra. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
if the doc gives her antibiotics for the UTIs… be sure to ask about an anti fungal for yeast infections that typically follow on after.
My late husband was completely bedridden for the last 22 months of his life. He was a morning pooper(for the most part)so I hired an aide to come in the morning to put him on the bedside commode so he could poop. When he was done, she would hold him up while I cleaned him up and put on a clean diaper, and then put him back in the bed.
So if you're noticing that your mom poops either in the morning, afternoon or night, you may want to either put her on the bedside commode yourself, or hire an aide to come and put her on it during that time.