We are just starting to need night time urine protection. Hubby is uncomfortable with even fitted depends, and I'm tired of stripping the bed in the morning and doing laundry all day. I know convenes have been highly recommended by are UK members, but I haven't found them available here yet. (I think Amazon might handle them, but they are not eligible for Prime shipping and seemed expensive.) Has anyone used any of the condom-type incontinence protection and do you have any brand recommendations, comments about necessary "accessories." Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Sorry I don’t have an answer for you. We’ve resorted to Depends diapers in the past, but like your hubby, my guy disliked them too. Then I tried just putting a flat absorbent pad down on top of the sheet a few times. He didn’t like that either because his skin stuck to the pad. I feel like we got lucky because he stopped wetting the bed almost as quickly as it started. It was such a short phase that he went through this. Thank goodness! I will dread it if he has a relapse. I want to follow this post in case it starts up again.
Thank you, SewBears. We are in a "dry spell" right now, but I want to do my homework when and if I need it. My husband is not comfortable in the Depends, finding them hot and uncomfortable. I also worry that wearing a wet pair at night would add to his UTI risk.
Hi. Towards the latter stages of dad’s progression he too needed nighttime aid. We opted for a heavy duty incontinence pad Nd then backed up with a bed soak sheet as dad wasn’t very comfortable mentally with the convene. This seemed to work well and the carers found it easier each morning to make him clean and comfortable.
Whatever you use will undoubtedly help make him comfortable and help you cope too.
As you said we are UK so convenes quite readily available and not too expensive to purchase.
I know mentally to us and dad it seemed like another step down the road but it’s important to balance dignity alongside practicality for everyone
I use pull up underwear and pads for Larry. He has 6 plastic bottles hanging on his headboard. Some days he actually doesn’t get the bed wet. I have resigned myself to doing laundry daily.
Jack is able still to use the bedside urinal. I can't go crazy about wet sheets . He seems to have weeks of dry/ d epends with an extre pad inside then he'll have a few days in a roww of everything soaked. I am just soooo happy I have a washer and dryer😊 I can't imagine dealing with condoms or caths😐
Steve uses the bedside urinal most nights, but lately, we've had a run of every-other-night "accidents." That wakes him up, he wakes me up, so at 4 in the morning we are trying to get dry linen on to make it to morning.
We have not had the middle of the night ~ if I start losing sleep, my whole story could change😆 Oh, use the bed pads, too... Hopefully, I'd be able to quickly just switch out the pads.
Dad used a condom catheter will good results, once the learning curve of getting it on correctly was over. I believe the brand name was Bard, I'll double check that.
We use those too. The Dr. wrote a prescription for them and they are ordered through a medical supply company. For those in the US, Medicare will cover the cost. Works 100% at night.
Catheters are last resort as massive risk of infection. Supra pubic would only be considered if there were issues with a urethral one. Catheters are not usually inserted for incontinence.
This would be an condom catheter, nothing internal. The goal is to keep him comfortable. We have been warned that sleeping in wet Depends can lead to UTI's so we are looking for an alternative.
The condom Cath’s work great for us. I use them primarily at night, or if we’re leaving home for a while. I still need to use depends (disposable underwear) because he is double incontinent.
I use a posey so he cannot pull it off. It took a bit of practice , but now I can get one on very quickly. My husband is prone to UTI’s, so they did not recommend he use any other type of catheter.
Hi, we tried 2 different types of condom catheters and found Coloplast to be the best one. They had a great range and the adhesive was firm enough to prevent leaks but wasn't too sticky that it was hard to get off. The first ones we tried (can't recall the brand now) was very sticky and after only a few days hubby's skin was red and sensitive. Coloplast also has an applicator, so it's really easy to get the catheter on quickly and easily, plus you can get a little soft velcro strip to apply over the catheter to help keep it in place.
I just checked the Coloplast website and they do distribute in the US, so try them coloplast.us/
I searched on Amazon and found what they call "condom catheters ". and came in kits. I tried the 7 day kit to see how it worked. They were great for about 3 nights until my husband decided he didn't like the tubing. He's a very restless sleeper though, and one night he pulled the tubing from the "condom" which then leaked all over.
I am fortunate that during the day, he is continent. His only issue is in safely reaching the bathroom in time. To ensure he remains dry, I keep a urinal within easy reach. At night, he is using Because "Willow" disposable underwear. They are available by subscription service and no more expensive than Depends. The advantage is they look like men's briefs, not incontinence underwear. My husband doesn't complain about wearing them. The down side is that unlike the condom catheters, I have to help him up to urinate at night, again, using a urinal. The condom catheters eliminated that need. If you do decide to try condom catheters, take care NOT to get those that advertise a wide, adhesive band. They are very difficult and painful to remove.
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