EasyComforts catalog has a wide range of incontinence products, the regular undergarment type, the insert pads, and ones which are more like regular undergarments but with sewn-in thicker absorbent padding. They have a wide range of healthcare products.
There are cloth options. They are expensive. LeakMaster makes a nice one, with a (optional) moisture-proof barrier on the exterior layer. If you continue with the disposble pull-ups, try a size larger.
Not much help but the health care here offers pads that slot into pants so no loop then it’s but size is two larger and pop the pad into them that said he still may not allow underpants check the pants aren’t uncomfortable or too tight - not sure if a person with dementia can communicate if asked calmly wot they don’t like health care/doctors may offer advice or how to calm/distract him . With my dad - he hasn’t dementia but we pay the distraction game when we need him to do something he doesn’t want to do
This sounds more like frustration rather than a problem with the disposable brief. If it is frustration have you tried way to lessen it? If he is agitated go with him into the bathroom and help him. (Probably a good idea anyway.) there are cloth underwear that have absorbent liners so that rather than using disposable you use clot. This will increase the laundry but they will be less likely to tear. And it just might be time to help him get them on. If possible sitting might be better. (I don't know if he is trying to put them on while standing) Get a shower chair or bench that he can sit on. That would be more comfortable than sitting on the toilet.
Perhaps you just need to put them on him yourself, as I think that any Depends type "underwear" are much easier to put on than the tab type. Any time a person with dementia gets "frustrated" with anything they're trying to do it is a sign that someone else needs to step up and help them do whatever it is that is frustrating them.
I’ve never seen much difference in any of the “pull-up” type disposable underwear but perhaps someone else has. The hard part is usually getting your feet through the leg holes and while there are tricks for this, it would be difficult to teach someone with dementia. It may just be time that he needs a little help if he will accept it. I’m going to assume he sits while dressing— you can try different surfaces because that can make it easier, e.g. toilet vs bed vs chair. Good luck!
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No stepping into them.
LeakMaster makes a nice one, with a (optional) moisture-proof barrier on the exterior layer.
If you continue with the disposble pull-ups, try a size larger.
so no loop then it’s but size is two larger and pop the pad into them
that said he still may not allow underpants
check the pants aren’t uncomfortable or too tight - not sure if a person with dementia can communicate if asked calmly wot they don’t like
health care/doctors may offer advice or how to calm/distract him . With my dad - he hasn’t dementia but we pay the distraction game when we need him to do something he doesn’t want to do
If it is frustration have you tried way to lessen it?
If he is agitated go with him into the bathroom and help him. (Probably a good idea anyway.)
there are cloth underwear that have absorbent liners so that rather than using disposable you use clot. This will increase the laundry but they will be less likely to tear.
And it just might be time to help him get them on.
If possible sitting might be better. (I don't know if he is trying to put them on while standing)
Get a shower chair or bench that he can sit on. That would be more comfortable than sitting on the toilet.
Any time a person with dementia gets "frustrated" with anything they're trying to do it is a sign that someone else needs to step up and help them do whatever it is that is frustrating them.