Mar 03 2011 01:28 PM
Caring for someone with incontinence can bring unexpected challenges at any time.
The article, "A Good Game Plan: 8 Strategies to Help You Care for Your Loved One," provides some practical guidelines for making these every day challenges, for you and your loved one, more manageable.
Do you have any strategies or tips that you have found to be especially useful as a caregiver?
JaneF
Caring for others discussion
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JaneF Member since: 11/17/10 |
A Game Plan for Caregivers |
 jeanpenn1 Member since: 5/7/11 |
RE: A Game Plan for Caregivers
Sep 24 2011 07:39 AM Don't let other manage your caregiving. Do the best you can & love & kindness are the most important caregiving |
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JaneF Member since: 11/17/10 |
Re: RE: A Game Plan for Caregivers
Sep 24 2011 08:53 AM Hi Jean, Welcome to our community. You are so right that being a good caregiver is so much about basic love and kindness. Trying to be a perfect caregiver, like trying to be a perfect parent, can become frustrating pretty quickly. Thanks for joining, JaneF |
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merlyn Member since: 9/25/11 |
Re: RE: A Game Plan for Caregivers, a helpful hint for new Depend users.
Sep 25 2011 05:06 PM My mom is in assisted living but still somewhat independent. She has adjusted to the "pull up" Depends beautifully. It gives her confidence to know she will not "leak" when in the public areas such as the dining room, etc. However, when she first began using them, I was clueless. I simply provided them and put them in a basket beside her commode. She was still having "accidents"/seepage with them. I discovered she was putting them on BACKWARDS! Her vision is very poor and I discovered she could not see the very faint pink bar that distinguished the back from the front. Now, I open every pack before delivering them and with a black sharpie pen, draw a large smiley face (about the size of a 50 cent piece) on each. It takes only a few minutes and has solved the problem. I also bought a diaper pail at Babies R Us with a built-in deodorizer that solved the problem on what to do with them until the trash was removed weekly. Now there is no hint of a urine smell in her small apartment and my mom is thrilled. I stumbled upon this solution as elder care for daughters is often, learn as you go. No playbook on many issues. Thanks for this forum. Merlyn |
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nighttrain1017 Member since: 3/31/09 |
Re: RE: A Game Plan for Caregivers, a helpful hint for new Depend users.
Oct 28 2011 07:29 AM Hello, The hard to see tags in the new gray underwear is tough to see also. It has been a topic of discussion, under another title. Maybe this positive feedback will beneficial, and help both male and female. |
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mleonguerrero Member since: 11/19/11 |
Re: RE: A Game Plan for Caregivers, a helpful hint for new Depend users.
Nov 18 2011 11:10 PM Thank you marlyn sept.25 post. gave me an idea with marking my sons depends so he aware of front and back. and the diaper pail. I was thought it was only for babies. Going to kmart to purchase a diaper pail. maria |
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