Okay, I am not typically a diaper wearer, although, and this is way way way too much information for any one to know about me, and after I am doing saying what I am going to tell you, most of you are going to be like, "ewww, Mashie, that's disgusting, did you really feel the need to share that much with us?" Lol, trust me on this.
I am going to sort of show my age here a bit too. But back in the day I couldn't wear tampons at all. I just couldn't get them in right, or they were too big or something, not to mention that they were very uncomfortable. They always felt like they were not in all the way and might fall out at any moment. Beside that, at the time I used to have rather large (now here comes the gross parts, sorry but it adds too much to the story to leave it out) amount of volumes and also a lot of rather large bloody clots. Was so nasty, trust me. Well as any woman can attest to you, a tampon won't stop a clot. The clot will just somehow slide out around the tampon anyway, so you still have to wear a pad anyway. During the day I was okay for the most part, but it was during the night that the clotting problem usually occurred. I guess because I was laying flat and gave the time needed for the blood to clot due to less activity. Well I often found myself curled up in a ball, afraid to move and afraid to dislodge other clot that would then cause me suddenly rush to the bathroom to get rid of it. Sometimes I made it, and sometimes I didn't. Then I had to get up and change the sheets again, it was a total mess.
So one day I came up with the bright idea to start wearing the Posy pads. They were thicker, longer, and in generally seemed to do better than the other normal feminine hygiene pads out on the market. However they did catch things and I had to change them a lot less, then I would have and had to with the regular pads, so over all, I would have to say that they were an improvement from the old ones at that time. I was a heavy flower. Then some of my friends suggested getting a box, or splitting a box of the blue washable chucks/soaker pads and throwing them in the washing machine you were done. This also helped knowing that I douldn't have to worry about leaking on every pair of panties I had and trust me, that sucked.
Still this didn't seem to be enough during the younger years during my very heavy flows, so my next thought was to wear a "pull-up" with an extra pad in them, then putting on a pair of panties, also while using the blue soaker pad underneath me. Well that did the trick for me. No matter how hard I was flowing, the combination of the things along with some much needed Advil for the cramps, aches and pains associated with menstruation, allowed me to be able to get a good night sleep, and was able to sleep in an any position I wanted and didn't have to worry about leaking onto my sheets.
I only had to do this for a few years, 3-4 years actually, but it made such a huge difference in my life you have no idea. So for about 3-4 years Mashie who doesn't particularly enjoy the AB/DL fetish found myself in these incontinent products. They sure made life during that time a lot more comfortable that's for sure.
I can tell you that as a medical professional we do try really hard from using words to our elderly population that might be in any way shape, or form degrading, such as baby talk, and or pointing out their "flaws" in public.
We never say diaper to them but use other tactful ways of talking about such products by calling them things such as "incontinent products, which to us mean the ones that open with Velcro on both sides and basically resemble a diaper. Or for the ones that have a lot of the elastic on the sides that are totally open and you pull them up and down like regular undies, we call those "pull-ups". I have also heard my staff comment that they just call them Attends or Pull-ups. So I guess it's whatever your facility does is right, and as long as it isn't degrading to your patients at all.
Another quirky thug I have noticed is that I have noticed during my 10 plus years of nursing that more residents use what is called a shirt saver. These things are basically adult sized bibs. They are made of terrycloth material. Both are comfortable and definitely serve a purpose. They laundry very easily and bleach to just about looking brand new each and every time.
Once in a while all of us slip up every now and again and spout off with something we shouldn't, but over all, we do a pretty good job if I do say myself, lol It's all about respect for our patients have worked so hard to gain and earn their entire lives.
Mashie