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Caregivers | Last Active: Oct 17, 2022 | Replies (14)
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Does anyone else deal with resistance to changing the wet pull-ups? My husband has lost his sense of smell and will be soaked through and still be unwilling to change. He’s a sweet, kind man but will get angry and shove or hit me when I try to insist. I have pads on the bed and furniture and he wears Sensi pull-ups which are highly absorbent. Still it seems the washer is going every day and the smell is awful. I welcome any suggestions.
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Hi, @pattyinal You pose a tough question for sure. I know each patient is different, but here is what I did for a while. I looked at changing and set it with her as a regular occurrence in our daily schedule. At first it was every four hours. If it was dry, I kept it for later. She soon came to accept that this was just part of her day. After some time doing this, I was able to say we needed to change since it was 'that time' and it helped with the complaining and reluctance.
As to the washer, for years I did at least a load a day. It was just the way it had to be for her. At least that did help keep the smells in check. On the other hand, it did wear out a hot water heater and I had to increase the size of our septic drainfield.
I hope this might help somehow.
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