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My 90 year old father has urinary incontinence at night. Leakage isn't bad,,,the problem is that he feels the wetness next to his skin & it wakes him up - which means he's not ever getting a decent night's sleep. We've tried every store brand we can find and I've done internet searches & ordered a variety of brands - nothing has worked well yet. He prefers pull ups to tabs,,,but will wear tabs if it will get the job done.


So....can anybody recommend a nighttime diaper that: 1) absorbs well and 2) feels dry next to the skin so my Pop can get a decent night's sleep?

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For my 90 year old mom we use the pull ups but at night add a heavy duty, extra long liner pad (it's unisex) that can be purchased in bulk at both Sam's Club and Costco.
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Not specific to your question, and I suspect you've already thought of this, but could he eat earlier, decrease his fluid consumption as bedtime approaches, with the goal of minimizing urine production overnight?
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PFontes, as you can tell by this post by Captain, and if you've read other posts by Captain, his posts are often vulgar, low class and offensive. I think he posts only for shock value.
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We order my MIL's pullups from Amazon. They are called Tranquility Overnight and I just check who has the cheapest price on Amazon's list and order them there. They are cheaper than ordering them on the actual separate diaper sites. They are always free shipping also.
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I read your post this morning but had nothing to suggest. Then the mail came this afternoon. My moms mail comes to my home now - there was one of those catalogs taylored to an older population with all kinds of things -both ingenious and bizarre - aimed to help. And there it was - a product designed for Pop's problem. The product is called Wellness Brief. Disposable and both pull-up and tab style. A little spendy but if you only use it at night...The catalog is called Gold Violin. You might try googleing the product name to see if different places offer different prices.
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We use Tranquility premium overnight pull up briefs.. Order on Amazon.. They hold a lot of liquid..
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i just met a gal " masonry customer " who is a little outside the box like myself . her 75 yr old husband died about 1/2 a year ago . she left him naked in bed for the most part and had much less redundancy and indeed it kept him high and dry .
he wasnt going anywhere , there was nothing to dress up for .
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Dear Captain: What an odd and impractical story. My father doesn't go out very often (currently due to the weather) - but he wears pajamas in bed at night and dresses & shaves every morning before breakfast. He has had this routine as an adult man for the majority of his 90 years - just because he's "less firm" due to his advanced age, does not mean his dignity is not intact. Asking him to lay in bed naked because he isn't "going anywhere" and it's easier to deal with his wetting himself is cruel and disrespectful.

If this is how "masonry customer" dealt with her husband - I shudder to think what else the poor man went through.
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My dad is 101. He also can no longer walk without a walker and is very slow, too slow to get up several times at night to get to the bathroom. And diapers/briefs really were not satisfactory to him. Ultimately he went to a catheter. There is a maintenance issue of course with that, but he lives in assisted living, so it's monitored. The best part from his point of view is that he can sleep all night. He's been on it for about a year. I realize it is a last resort, but it is an option.
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Khalter - thank you! I'm gonna buy a box of those & we will see what Papa thinks....hoping we can get him as comfortable as possible soon.
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