Where can I find advice on changing my daughter's adult diaper?

She's 14 and was in an accident and is paralyzed from the neck down, she had to spend a lot of time in the hospital but now I have her home with me. She had a type of catheter in before but it gave her a bad infection so it was taken out. I'm still worried about her getting infections, rashes, bed sores, etc...I'm not always sure how often to change her and a lot of the time she doesn't realize when she's wet.


Does anyone who has any experience have any advice?Where can I find advice on changing my daughter's adult diaper?
I agree with posters above - check and change pads every 2 hours. There are a variety of creams available to protect red and torn skin. Definitely change positions hourly, to avoid bedsores. You'll also want to separate legs (when she's on her side) and support her back with pillows.





I'd also recommend getting an assistant to help you whenever you need some help. There are different range of motion exercises that should be done often, to prevent stiffness and pain. Her doctor ought to be able to provide a sheet listing the ROM activities, as well as info on how they're done.





Best wishes and hugs to you %26amp; your daughter!Where can I find advice on changing my daughter's adult diaper?
You should change her or at least check her every two hours. You should rotate the way she lays every two hours as well like side, back, other side, back. This will keep her skin from breaking down and getting decubitis ulcers. Also try and keep something on her bottom and on the inside of her thighs like diaper rash cream and in the event that she gets a bedsore (decubitis ulcer) there is a cream called bag balm that works really well. Good Luck
Here is a website:


http://www.ehow.com/how_2049204_change-a鈥?/a>
I've worked with adults with cogntive impairment that used diapers





basically-we changed them on a set schedule-


1st thing in the am


mid morning


after lunch


mid afternoon


early evening


just before bed
Why are you not cathing her yet? See a urologist. This should have started after the catheter was taken out.