Has anyone tried washable baby diapers for added incontinence protection?

Wow I never thought of that. Cloth diapers are so difficult to find nowadays. Target had none when I was looking and Walmart had one lonely little package. When “Mr. Niagara Falls” (my hubby) was in rehab, they used hand towels rolled up. I was thinking disposables might wick the wetness away from the skin better than cloth but in my husband’s case, he’d have to be changed every 45 minutes to stay completely dry. Not possible when diapers are $1 a piece on a limited income.

I am going to give this a try. Thanks for the idea! Kudos to you!

If you are up to the challenge of doing laundry you might want to google "washable adult diapers" - there are a surprising numbers of products available.

Just beware that dealing with soiled cloth diapers - adult size with adult quantities both in number and in content - present a whole lot of other challenges that are none too pleasant to deal with.

One of the worst being that eventually the washing machine seems to hold on to odors - especially front loaders where there is always some standing water under the drum.

Be prepared with products designed to clean your washer - a lot - and with washing additives designed to both sanitize and elimanate odors.

Lysol now makes a laundry additive touted to eliminate 99% of germs. It’s a bit spendy but at least for me - it gives some peace of mind that my next load of laundry - perhaps consisting of my own clothes- isn’t being rinsed with “dirty” water.

I do use Depends for Rainman - and thanks to “Trip Training” accidents are rare these days (hope I didn’t just jinx things) - still, Ive found that having all the right tools make a huge difference in having to deal with the unpleasantries when sh_t happens.

Isthisrealyreal -

You mean you’re not suspose to put human feces in to the washing machine? Huh.

i wasn’t trying to rain on your parade- you asked for experiences and I gave mine.

In all seriousness, I estimate I’ve changed over 15,000 diapers over the last 25 years. From the cute little poops a baby makes to the Gawd-awful messes of a grown man. The grown man mess being the bulk of it.

But what do I know? After all- I’m stupid enough to own a front loader washing machine and too frickin’ lazy to make my own soap.

Mom has a government issued cell phone. I set the alarm to ring every hour with the exception of when we sleep. This way she can check herself when the alarm goes off and alert me for assistance so I am not irritating her to "check herself". I use a large kotex at night in her pull up for extra absorption

Check with your insurance. Medicaid for example, pays for incontinence supplies and they are shipped to us.

I haven't used cloth diapers and I don't know how absorbent they are. Don't forget that for babies, the cloth diapers were coupled with rubber panties that went over the cloth diaper. As for the disposable method, you really need three layers. First, basic diaper (not a pull up), (2) the liner placed inside the diaper, and (3) a chuck in bed at night, and one on the wheel chair seat to keep the spillage off of the seat.

As for the fecal matter, I live in a house, so I take anything that gets poop on it outside to the backyard and hose it down so that poop goes onto the lawn and not inside my washing machine. Mind you, I don't put the sheets or the clothing directly on the lawn because then the item would pick up all kinds of cut grass. Instead, I put it on the concrete patio, put the hose on a rather high, letting the water shoot the poop onto the lawn. Sorry for all of the detail, but this is my life!