Her Depends then overflows and the waterproof mattress cover pools the liquid in a three foot area that extends beyond the extra mattress pad almost from her neck to beyond her feet. (she is approx 4 ft 10".) The urine flows down the side of the mattress, boxspring and bedrail onto the floor. Besides the extra pad in her Depends, I stick extra long, night time sanitary pads to the side of the waterproof mattress cover and a disposable pad between the mattress and box spring. The disposable pad drapes over the two sanitary pads. When all is in place, I don't see the floor stain.
Any suggestions?
My patch up of sanitary pads and disposable pad seem to prevent the pool of urine on the carpet. I needed some brainstorming to see if there was anything that might work as well or better.
The most absorbent types of continence care pad hold up to a litre of liquid. The normal range of urine output is 800 to 2,000 milliliters per day (i.e. over a 24 hour period), but your mother is a small human.
So, what is going on that your little mother is producing so much urine overnight that she regularly overflows her night-time Depend, the extra pad inside it, and the mattress pad in her bedding?
1. She is outputting a remarkable quantity of urine.
2. She is in bed for an extended period of time.
3. She isn't yet using the best product(s) for her needs.
I don't know if this idea might sound like a last straw, but have you considered scheduling extra toilet transfers during the night? If you have a commode in her room and get to her at (just for example) 11:30 pm and (if you can bear it) 5:00 a.m. it might save a lot of laundry and disposable products.
One last thought - is her Depend actually soaked through, or could she be taking it off to wee and not replacing it correctly?
The bathroom part is really the hardest, then next is the bathing.
If she can’t transfer, could you buy something that would alert you or an aide that she was moving (and needed to use the commode) so you could assist her? I’m hoping, of course, that she doesn’t do this 10 times a night.
I hope you get some useful advice.