Hi,
Another thing that cropped up this week which has been awful was I was told the day after Mum had gone to hospital for tests that a district nurse had turned up wanting to see Mum at the care home.
The care staff said she had wanted to carry out an ultrasound on Mum to see if she was retaining urine so they could ascertain whether she was eligible for incontinence pants/pants on the nhs. The district nurse was turned away as the staff said Mum had enough going on that day! So I'm not even sure when this nurse is coming back! I've been told that the pull up pants are much nicer than the pads and although the home will push for the nicer option they doubt that Mum will get them.
My query her is that Mum is sometimes wetting herself at night so would pants/pads be better than a waterproof draw sheet under her. She's ok during the day on the whole but that could of course change at any time. Do you need to have an ultrasound to see if you should get these pads/pants on the NHS? It just seems yet another indignity to heap on my poor Mum?
Another thing that cropped up this week which has been awful was I was told the day after Mum had gone to hospital for tests that a district nurse had turned up wanting to see Mum at the care home.
The care staff said she had wanted to carry out an ultrasound on Mum to see if she was retaining urine so they could ascertain whether she was eligible for incontinence pants/pants on the nhs. The district nurse was turned away as the staff said Mum had enough going on that day! So I'm not even sure when this nurse is coming back! I've been told that the pull up pants are much nicer than the pads and although the home will push for the nicer option they doubt that Mum will get them.
My query her is that Mum is sometimes wetting herself at night so would pants/pads be better than a waterproof draw sheet under her. She's ok during the day on the whole but that could of course change at any time. Do you need to have an ultrasound to see if you should get these pads/pants on the NHS? It just seems yet another indignity to heap on my poor Mum?