My husband wears a conveen day and night but sometimes the night time one comes off and the results are obvious. The company have supplied us with extra fixing for the conveen but it does not always help. I am reluctant to cut down on his fluids for obvious reasons.
Has anyone got any other suggestions, apart from a catheter, for overcoming this problem?.
dorothy-thompson
Hi Dorothy, when i worked at the care home we had incontinence pads especially for the men, they wore the conveen during the day but found more comfortable with the pads at night as when they get hot at night the fixing comes away. The incontinence service will supply the pads, they come in different sizes. Also they drank as much as they wanted during the day but cut down after tea, depended on what time they went to bed Hope this is some help Trisha xx
Hi Dorothy, I had the same problem and contacted the continence nurse who found that the carers were not washing Tony's genital area with a ph balanced soap, she recommends Simple soap, makeing sure no moisturisers are used. Also she changed the sheath to one that allows for a large quantity of urine to flow through, which prevents a bubble forming and the sheath coming off, so no need to reduce drinks and so far so good. Hope this helps and you can resolve your problem.
Tony is now in a care home and the continence nurse has been there to train the staff as he had two UTI's because they were not following the instructions that I had printed off the internet for them.
Love Lorraine
Hi Tisha Hi Lorri
Thank you so much for this advice. I am thinking of the pads but how do you persuade the patient to wear them? I am also interested in the different size conveen, it does seem to make sense as a bubble does form and the conveen leaks from there.
To be honest I forgot all about the ph balanced soap, it does give that advice in the literature but I have just relied on normal showering, it has probably not been enough.
Thanks again, what would we do without this forum.
dorothy-thompsonxx
I had to have a heart to heart talk with my late husband. There was no way I could go on having to strip the whole bed ( including duvet ) almost daily, and cope with everything else. I got extra wide disposable pads for under the sheet, and nappy pads ( purely for night) which soaked up lots and left him reasonably dry. The continence nurse did an assessment on the output to assess the size and absorbtion required, but try to go one rating higher. The nappy style stay in place, the slip-in pads often went awry and the bedding still got wet. He could not pull these off so it was a great benefit, especially to me. I always made sure he was properly washed in the morning. He used a urine bottle during the day. Hope this helps, do ask if you need more info.
Hi Springbank
Do you mean a sort of grown-up pull-up disposable nappies like some children wear during the night?
My husband copes very well with the conveen during the day. But stripping the bed daily, tell me about, I've even had to launder the pillows, it has been so bad!
Thanks to you all for your help.
Dorothythompson
Hi Springbank again
What was the name of the products you bought for your husband, I am confused by the different products on line.
many thanks
dorothy thompson
Hi Dorothy,
I contacted our community nurse to order continence pads for Tony, as they are supplied free from the GP's surgery you dont ned to buy them and as Springbank said it depends on output volume as to the size they order, you also get different pads for fecul incontenence if you also use a conveen. Luckily Tony just accepted the wearing pads as he became distressed that he had wet sheets and clothing so often and soon realised that they solved that problem. Hope you get all the help you need soon.
Love Lorri
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