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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.

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@mm180 Thanks so much for sharing your experience. And now that I think about the event again, it is possible that he forgot to pull down his pj bottoms, because when I asked him what happened, he said “I have no idea.” And when I suggested that perhaps he was standing in the bathtub when this occurred, he said “No, absolutely not.” So perhaps what you wrote is what occurred. I’ve been very careful since then to make sure he’s at the toilet when he needs to go, and he absolutely has been every time.

I also appreciate your approach to having him sit when he urinates, since my husband’s aim is sometimes great and sometimes a bit off.

Thank you - it’s so good to have this place to learn from other’s experiences!