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Not Incontinence but bathroom messes and clothes soiling
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Mar 6 3:40pm | Replies (43)Comment receiving replies
I just want to say how thankful I am for this particular discussion thread, as my husband just had his first bowel accident. He is not incontinent, so I was very surprised. We are currently on a short trip out-of-state, staying in a very homey B&B. This morning he went into the bathroom as usual, and after I hear the shower running, I assumed he had finished his business and moved to the shower. But instead, he was outside the tub, working to clean up a BIG mess that was in the bathtub, and also rinsing out his pajama bottoms. He said he had no idea how it happened. He was cooperative when I cleaned him up and also patient and calm while I cleaned up the entire mess.
Then he took his shower without any problems.
I don’t know if I should start to prepare by purchasing some adult diapers to have on hand. This would be totally new for him, and I don’t want to upset him while we’re traveling.
I’m hoping it might be a one-off incident, due to being in a different place, but it certainly caught be off guard.
He is in the moderate range of Alzheimer’s, but doing well in most aspects of life.
Any tips or advice would be appreciated!
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@dlynng
My husband recently had a similar issue. He was standing and urinating when he said he “sharted” and soiled his undershorts and pants. It made quite a big mess and seemed more than a “wet fart” but he didn’t seem too upset by the situation. We got it all cleaned up and got him in the shower and I reminded him that it’s best if he sits when he urinates (he has visual impairment from glaucoma and his aim is terrible). 😞 He does have a lot of urinary urgency and says “it just starts” sometimes so I think we are headed towards urinary incontinence. It’s worse when he is away from home, so we started using the urinary pad liners in his undershorts whenever we will be out of the house for a period of time. I am hoping the shart incident was a “one off” but I want to start easing him towards a more comfortable attitude towards incontinence aids so when we need adult diapers it won’t be a hard transition. I was lucky that we were at home with the convenience of the washer and dryer and cleaning supplies. It would be harder traveling! I wonder if your husband just forgot to take off his pajama bottoms when he sat down to do his business? Dementia pops up in all kinds of surprising ways.