Incontinence pads

Age UK or a GP should put anyone needing free NHS pads in a private residence in touch with a local Continence Clinic or Frailty Nurse. The pads provided are large and delivered to your home.

Gossamerbeynon1945

I am an Unpaid Carer. Husband has Severe Aphasia, so he can,t speak and I can't see.

There is a good forum called Carers UK. You may get more help on there.

I am an Unpaid Carer. Husband has Severe Aphasia, so he can,t speak and I can't see.

the incontinence pads I buy from Amazon for myself are their cheapest which seem to me to be as absorbent as the very large ones that they gave me during my recent stay in the hospital, Sorry I can't tell you the name of the pads I get from Amazon as I take the outer wrapping off a lot of stuff I buy , for convenience.

However the ones I got from the hospital came with net knickers to hold them up. This style needs no secure knickers, and the nets if they get wetted are still quite comfortable,

The nursing home my husband was in provided his pads. When he returned home I contacted the incontinence nurse directly via SPA (Single Point of Access, unsure if you have this service in your area). Pads were ordered & received quickly. Hope you get sorted soon.

We've always had to pay for pads or get them provided even in a nursing home.

I’ve seen the pad delivery arrive at a care home - a huge amount! Surely they can supply your mum until her own order arrives.

Mum is in a care home. Believe me it was a difficult decision and wasn’t taken lightly but after 10 hospital admissions and aged 92 she was no longer safe at home.
No one wants to go into a care home but they aren’t what they used to be, mum has a lovely room her own bathroom tv etc. lots of activities going on all day if you wish to join in or not. Very good food, it’ll take a while but she’s getting used to it slowly.
Mum has 8 packets of high absorbent tena pads left over from the free NHS incontinence service so is managing with doubling up at night, she only needs one during the day as can change regularly.
I’m waiting to see the care home Dr as the NHS incontinence service can’t change her prescription without seeing a health advisor first.
At least now, i know with your help there are plenty of options out there to buy if needs be. Thank you.

I am sorry you are facing this. Is your mum in a care home or a nursing home because if she is in a nursing home, the fees she pays cover all medical equipment and incontinence pads so you should net be paying for anything.

I worked in the NHS for 25 years and dealt with care homes and nursing homes and believe you me, nursing homes were the worst to deal with as they tried all the tricks in the book to get freebies when in fact the residents were already paying for medical equipment. Care homes can get help from the NHS but Nursing homes cannot, they have to provide every piece of medical equipment required for their residents as that is why residents pay more money.

Peaches7

That's awful,have you thought of getting in touch with the care quality commission? You can find them on Google,

They won't do anything. This is the system and there is little you can do about it. The Care Quality Commission don't even do anything about Safeguarding Breeches most of the time, they are quite toothless.

You buy the night pads (which are essentially an adult nappy) from mobility shops. You can order them online and have them sent to you to take into Mum, I used to do this. But make sure you leave a BIG note to tell the night staff that they are only to be used on your mum and not the other residents as I found my mothers were running out extremely fast at one point and then found I was supply all the other residents until I had a right go at the matron!

That's awful,have you thought of getting in touch with the care quality commission? You can find them on Google,

If you need them for 6 month, you should go onto sites which supply for care homes and buy them in bulk, it is much cheaper this way. My Mum used Incontinence pants after Tena Lady were not enough; she used Boots own range. We also used pads with net pants which the homes seem to prefer. We used to buy them from HARTMANN Direct or AgeUkIncontinence. I used to see who was cheapest because it is quite an expense. Mum had to be referred to the Incontinence Clinic to be assessed and they prescribed pads directly. Now she's in a home, they deal with that side of things.
It is quite normal for people who are paying for care in a home to provide their own pads if they haven't been prescribed.

Several relatives have bought incontinence pants from Aldi and been pleased with them. My neighbour buys the pants from Aldi for her husband and I get her Abrisoft pads from Amazon for her husband to lie on as an additional measure in bed.

My brother in law gets his products on prescription following an assessment.

My mother in law received them free from day one at care home. X

Try age UK incontinence shop. They have a wide range of most makes and delivery is usually next day. This will help until you can get it sorted with GP.

Whilst waiting for the same for my mum, we got the pants not the pads, the Aldi/lidl ones were good. And the care home never had a problem with them

I have had experience of care homes with my late Mother, fortunately she was never incontinent but her clothes going missing in the laundry was a bug bear even though we had labelled everything. Also I worked with the elderly in a private setting but if any of our clients needed pads the District Nurse arranged free pads delivered monthly. In a care home setting these should be supplied by the home. After all the fees are exhorbitant.

My husbands in care and the home do supply incontinence pads ….he doesn’t like his ‘nappies’ as he calls them .So I buy him 3 packs of adult ‘pull ups’ ….cost £22 per week.
But I do wish the home would supply these!!

I use Tena Lady Pants and yes they are expensive but as I’ve been waiting to hear from the incontinence nurse since June needs must. I find them very reliable and comfortable both for day and night and just to be on the safe side as I was worried about being sore I asked my doctors advice and he has given me a gel to use so I’m covered.

Frogs

RakshaMK

I suffer with incontinence and find the slips are more absorbent than the stand alone pads. I put one on in the morning and change it before I go to bed.

Just looked at ‘slips’ on the internet but it doesn’t tell you. Are they attached to a normal pair of pants with sticky pads?
At the moment DH wears the type of pad that slots into special pants but we’re finding it difficult to get the right ones. He said that the last pair I bought the place where the pad is inserted wasn’t big enough for the pad.

if you ring the company on my link above,
incontinence choice,
they can talk you through the use of the products.

It is no help to tell OP that the care home should do this, that or the other.

Perhaps they should; perhaps they can't, due to budget cuts and are at their wits ' end.

I don't know, OP doesn't, and frankly neither do all of you saying so.

I hope Katyj, you read the helpful answers and can ignore the other.

You find the care home unhelpful, which is what the staff there strikes me as being, so being demanding is probably not something you want to try. Could you manage a genuine fit of crying in front of the staff and not in your mother's room? Weep and wail about the state your poor mother is in , ashamed of being incontinent etc. etc.

It might work. Remember through your tears to tell the staff you know they are doing their best and are hamstrung by stupid regulations. I've tried this ploy with good results.

I suspect that like me, BigLouis wants to remain independent and not end up sitting watching whatever tv programme has been chosen as suitable for the assembled (not of one’s choosing) company, eat what she wants when she wants and not to have someone wiping her backside. I too would rather die and that’s not meant as an insult to carers, I just don’t want to be looked after and regimented.

biglouis

How would the home manage if the resident had no visitors? They charge enough, Money pits!

Ive just watched a Panorama program about care homes. I would rather kill myself than go into one of those dreadful places.

As a care worker myself, I can assure you that the care home I work in is anything but dreadful and a sweeping statement like yours is an insult to the many good homes and their staff!!..
Most carers do the work because they really want to help people, I can assure you we don’t do it for the money.

Do try Lyla 7 Maxi Night . They are very helpful if you ring them.
0345 305 2712
They deliver within 3 days.