So frustrating for us. She refuses to let her caregiver or her son or daughter in law in to help her. Unable to do the 'clean catch' or hold the container.
Last year she went to ER 4 times over pseudo-constipation that didn't exist.
In transition from moderate to severe.
Good luck.
I’m so sorry. This is part of the tragedy of the disease.
Do you think you may be coming to a time when in home care is no longer an option for the family?
Do understand that a "clean catch" as they call them is almost impossible at a certain age.
It requires A) a good cleanoff of the area with a sterile wipe B) the ability to start a stream of urine, then stop it and manuever a sterile container into position. Few elders can manage any of that. I am afraid that if you are talking a clean specimen the best you can do is have mom clean off with a washclothe and use a new "toilet hat" to collect urine and get it in as a clean catch OR have mom go in for a cathed specimen. Problem there is that a cath introduced often CAUSES infection, so it's a catch-22.
I sure wish you the best. I will never forget my now deceased friend's description of getting a "clean catch" from her Mom and all the while singing to herself "Happy Birthday to me".
What you all go through is more than I can imagine.
I'm not sure if a bed pan can fit over a toilet to sit down on? .... worth exploring.
(if funds not available - stand over a large bucket on the floor on a wipe down cloth or towel?