Don't think about that the long-term use of diapers will cause red butt problems for babies, while the use of diapers for the elderly will also cause problems such as hot and stuffy, airtight skin, redness, eczema and even ulcers. Skin care is particularly important for the elderly with urinary incontinence, especially for the long-term bedridden patients.
It is recommended that the diaper should be changed once every two or three hours during the day and once every three to five hours at night. Please check whether there is urine excretion at any time after eating or drinking water and change it in time.After urination, wash the perineal skin with clean water in time to keep the skin clean and dry and reduce the time of skin exposure to urine.In case of urine penetration, and the skin is red or even ulcerated, can be in its perineum daub protective powder to isolate the urine, promote skin healing.
If the diaper is not wet, the gluing sheet can adjust the waist size of the pants at the same time. When using the gluing sheet, you should pay attention to adjust the fit of wearing.
In addition, for some conscious incontinence elderly, the use of diapers will have a great impact on their psychological impact.The elderly often appear low self-esteem, depression and other emotions.Experts suggest that the elderly be instructed to carry out relevant rehabilitation training in the early onset of urinary incontinence, so as to improve urinary incontinence and build patients' self-esteem and self-confidence.At the same time, the family gives the elderly respect and understanding, continuous encouragement, improve their self-esteem, make them into social activities, improve the quality of life.