My father and mother live in a retirement community (recently moved there.) My father has incontinence and uses depends pads. Since they moved to the new community he has had many accidents and is soaking through pads. I should also mention that he has early signs of dementia. My mother feels embarrassed and depressed about the smell. He does shower every day. I set up a schedule for him to follow to change his pads, but he isn't following it and my mother is too embarrassed/annoyed/tired or whatever to get after him to change his pads over the course of each day. I just don't know what else to do. Clearly he is forgetting or having sensation problems that the pads are soaked. Any ideas or suggestions would be so helpful.
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Oh, and be so very glad that he takes a daily shower. If you read about others when it comes to their parents and incontinence, they are lucky if they can get their parent to bathe once a week.