Do care homes accept people with Alzheimer's disease that are incontinent.?

Many of you have helped me over the last few weeks with my "problem"
I am now on the last hurdle-my husband's mother is now going into care-it has been agreed by all the children and Social Services are now giving her a final assessment.
But I wonder do the care homes actually take people that are double incontinent and refuse to wear any of the garments that would solve the problem.
I cannot see them changing beds twice a day as my husband's family have had to do.
How do they solve this -do they sedate their patients ?

They certainly take incontinent patients, no discrimination there, it's not unusual. Second, no respected place will sedate their patients for the sake of compliance. Third, for health and safety reasons to be taken into the care home the patient will have to adhere to the dress and whatever the staff dishes that they deem necessary, but it's all signed beforehand.

Yes, they would probably substitute her normal pants with Tenna pants if she won`t keep pads on and she would have a `kylie` on her bed. This is a large waterproof square which has a material quilted front, rubber middle and plastic backing and the staff are used to changing beds. Any sedation or medicaton will have to be prescribed by her own GP not by anyone working at the home.

http://www.sunrise-care.co.uk/?gclid=CIK...
http://alzheimers.org.uk/factsheet/476

here a a few links that can get you started, i know of one care home in the hertfordshire area that do take double incontinent people. that ppalce is run by quantum care! you could try looking into that as well

Yes they do, you need to call round various ones to see who deals with alzheimers. If they do sedate them its the wrong one - thats awful. The staff are trained to deal with it.

YES thats there job, you will need to explain all this to the care homes and ask how they will d/w it, there answers should show you which one to send her to.
xxx

Of Course!!!

Of course they take people who are incontinent but you might be looking at Nursing rather than Residential Care.

Sedation is for behaviour disturbance and hostility; not for continence issues.

There is a great deal of paranoia re sedative use but the truth is that drugs are neither a great harmer nor a great solution. EMI Nursing Care is sometimes the ultimate placement of choice for confused frail elderly people with major disturbance.