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ReesChild Asked June 2021

Mom's incontinent and bleeding from tumor. Still able to get up on her own but sometimes she leaks. Any ideas until we get carpet removed?

funkygrandma59 Jun 2021
Is she not wearing any Depends or the like? If not, make sure she is. Throw away all of her old underwear, and replace with the Depends. And if she is already wearing them, then perhaps she needs to have them changed more often, as the only time you should have to worry about them perhaps leaking is overnight. Other than that there's no excuse.

I just read your profile after I wrote the above. Looks like mom is living by herself, is that correct? You're either going to have to hire some outside help to come help mom, or you're going to have to come over more often to make sure she has a clean Depends on. And if neither of those options work, then it may be time to have mom placed in the appropriate facility. Best wishes.

Choupette Jun 2021
For the bladder issues we have these pads we bought from Amazon. They are plaid and we fold them and put them under her in recliner. We have another for the couch and the living room and one for her bed. There is a spare if any need to be washed. They are waterproof and have a soft padding on top and a not quite rubber waterproof backing. We wash and let air dry. She also wears always pads (like underwear). They have different strengths we just wear the overnight ones all the time.

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Geaton777 Jun 2021
Do you need cleaning ideas? I know that hydrogen peroxide gets blood out of just about anything. Using disposable chucks directly under her; waterproof mattress cover under her sheets to protect the mattress. Others will have good suggests.
ReesChild Jun 2021
Thank you. We have the pads. It's just the little drips as she makes her way to the bathroom. She refuses bedside potty and uses rollator.

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