Adults find themselves wearing diapers for a variety of reasons. Whether you’re wearing a diaper because of a medical condition, a physical accident, by choice, or hoping to help the one to wear a diaper safely and securely. Below tips are what to avoid: Below tips are what to avoid:
1. Choose diaper improperly
Choosing right diapers for adults is really important and depending on the health status and mobility of the patient to have a choice of use:
–Taped diapers: for patients with limited mobility or inability to walk. It makes it easier to put on and change diapers for the patient, specially designed to prevent leakage in the lying position. Taped diapers for patients in this case is also more cost-saving.
– Pull up diapers: Designed for patients who can move and walk. It fits the wearer’s body, fix it against movement, prevent leakage, help the patient feel more confident when moving and easier to move when wearing a diaper.
Choosing the wrong diaper type both makes the user uncomfortable to wear, affects the patient’s mobility (if possible), and makes it difficult to clean and change diapers (the patient himself with the support of caregivers).
2. Wear diapers for patient improperly
With patient who uses taped diaper.
Do not lift the patient’s legs up and bring the diaper down when wearing, this action may cause bone and joint damage of the patient; It is also more difficult for caregivers to change diaper for patient.
Turn the shoulder and hips of the patient to help the patient lie on their side and slowly bring the diaper into position. This method is gentle both for the patient and the caregiver, and it is also a way to help the patient “turn over” to change the position a bit for the comfort of the body.
With patient who uses pull up diaper.
Encourage patient to sit up and support patient to wear pull up diaper in this position.
Because diapers are designed to allow the patient to move around, and are easily pulled up and down like underwear, it is advisable to encourage the patient to wear it himself (if possible) to reduce dependence on caregivers and increase the body flexibility and confidence of the patient.
3. Encourage patient to “depend” on taped diaper
For patients who cannot move on their own, the use of diapers helps the patient’s “hygiene” to be cleaner and easier to clean for caregivers.
However, when the patient is able to walk on his own, the patient should not be encouraged to urinate directly in the diaper. This will limit the exercise to restore the patient’s mobility, and at the same time, easily cause low self-esteem, reduce motivation and depend on caregivers.
In the case of mobility, diapers are just a tool to help avoid the patient “not make it in time” to go to the toilet.
4. Patient is not regularly changed diapers
Diapers used for patients should be changed after 3-4 hours of use.
A diaper that is used for too long (in some cases up to 7-8 hours or more) will make the patient uncomfortable, unhygienic and easy to cause infection.
If it is expensive, you can use an additional pad designed like the cotton core of a diaper, the way to use it is to put a new pad on top of a new diaper or diaper, after 3-4 hours, remove the pad and change it. with another pad or use an external diaper.
Please pay attention to keeping the patient’s hygiene, to better protect their physical health and improve their mental health, because the patient is easy to have low self-esteem, which affects the recovery of both physical and mental health as well as quantity of life.
Use adult diapers as a positive support product but do not overuse it because it will affect the mental and physical health of the patient!