My 70 yr old husband with alz has started becoming incontinent with stool. He wears depends but often it come out of the depends, He is embarrassed and will lie to me and try to clean himself up. He and the bathroom are a disaster after these incidents. He says he doesn't even know he has done it until he goes to the bathroom to urinate, We don't go much anymore. We go for rides but don't often get out of the car. We do still go to the doctors and quick trips to the grocery store, I hate to do it but I wondered if those plastic panties would work for leaks. He takes metamucil on the doctors advice. Any other suggestions would be so helpful. This doesn't happen daily but about once or twice a week.
I watch is diet trying to avoid anything that would cause loose stool.
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For sure try different brands, sizes and absorbencies. Maybe if he wears a pair of those sports style briefs over the pull-up it will help contain any spillovers?
And as terrible as it is to have to clean up after loose stools I much prefer that to the worry and frustration of having her constipated.
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