Has anyone had experience using the Men's Liberty or the condom cath for incontinence in a person with vascular dementia? If so which do you recommend and which one is easier to use and also affordable?
We have used condom catheters on a couple of occasions, with favorable results. One gentleman was continent, but due to severe back pain, would have to wake his caregivers in order to get up to urinate. Utilizing a condom cath at night meant he didn't have to get up, and also allowed a better night's sleep for his caregiver. In another instance, the gentleman had some control but was basically bedbound, so we tried incontinence briefs. He had metastatic brain cancer, so often couldn't understand or retain instructions. After all those years of having to remove himself from his briefs to urinate, he was continuing this 80-plus year habit during the night, therefore wetting his bedding, but leaving his briefs dry. The condom catheter helped us with that situation as well. In both cases, it was covered by insurance, so I can't speak to cost. Hope this helps you at least a bit.
We used before his dementia after a back surgery so he didn't have to get up at night. Since severe dementia I've used a couple of times to get a urine sample for suspected infection (no it's not sterile but we clean up beforehand as well as we can) and the only alternative would be catheterization since he can't pee on command anymore. I did hear somewhere that using it all the time would increase the risk of infection but I'm not sure about that, you might try to google it. Also unless you somehow held it on him he'd likely continue to pull everything out of his brief and in the process pull off the condom and end up wet anyway. I just bought supplies at the local medical supply, and they were cheap, it never occurred to me to try to get insurance to pay for it.
I would have loved to be able to use a condom catheter on my Husband long before I was able to but...he had a tendency to do what I lovingly called.."reposition himself"...so it would have been pulled off probably causing a bit of discomfort. But we did use one the last 2 weeks or so and it was great. So if your husband is not the type to "fiddle" with the catheter then it might work well. It can't hurt to try. As to cost I have no idea the Condom Catheter was provided by Hospice.
I know I've read about condom catheters on the forum so you might try a site search.
So if your husband is not the type to "fiddle" with the catheter then it might work well. It can't hurt to try.
As to cost I have no idea the Condom Catheter was provided by Hospice.