I have read surveys that say up to 20% of adults have atleast some degree of incontinence. For the more severe cases, how many people use cloth diapers instead of disposables? And, did you even know that they made cloth diapers for adults?
2007-05-24 06:26:59 · 10 answers · asked by b T 4 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
The costs and effects of cleaning the diapers would outweigh the benefit:
Detergents, bleach and cleaners dumped back into the ecosystem
Increased energy consumption to run the washer/dryer
Increased water use for cleaning
Not to mention the industrial wastes caused by producing the cloth
It's the plastic that's the problem.
There should be more of an effort to create more eco-friendly paper diapers, without the plastic (which could be created seperately and REUSED, rather than disposed of). Paper is a biodegradable product. And any animal's manure (even human) is not only biodegradable, it's beneficial if properly processed.
2007-05-28 05:25:59 · answer #1 · answered by Piggiepants 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Samantha is on the right track with her thoughts.
I am moderately incontinent and need to wear a diaper 24 / 7 and it was a difficult decision to make as to what to wear because each had it's good points as well as bad points.
I finally settled on cloth diapers with using disposables occasionally like for vacations and other trips where washing cloth diapers is rather inconvenient.
Yes, there are cloth diapers available for adults from the old fashioned rectangle flat diaper to the newer contour style with elastic in the waist and legs to help control leakage. Personally, I wear the contour kind but rather than buy them I made my own from baby loop terry cloth and microfleece and I use regular diaper pins to hold them on, it just takes a few more pins than it does for a baby's diaper, for obvious reasons.
Disposable diapers put so much paper and plastic into the landfills and in my mind should be outlawed for what they are doing to our environment. They last for many many years and in some cases will be around long after you and I pass from this earth. Secondarily it also puts a lot of human waste into our landfills which can't be a very healthy thing either.
Everyone worries about paints, and cleaners and such seeping down into our underground water systems, what about human urine and fecal matter doing the same thing and carrying the germs along with it that it includes.
Think about it, some of these come from nursing homes where people are dealing with life threatening diseases every day and these same diseases are in the diaper waste material and seeping into our drinking water. It's no wonder people get sick so easily any more these days. I wonder where some of it could be coming from?
The cloth diapers only generate two more loads of laundry for me a week and I think that is a fair trade for what I keep from putting in the landfills. What about the waste water you ask? It goes into a septic tank along with all the other waste water from my home and is broken down naturally like it has been for people for hundreds of years.
You want my opinion? Cloth, Cloth, Cloth, and only Cloth!! That's the way to go.
Good luck.
2007-05-25 12:33:06 · answer #2 · answered by wetsaway 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had no idea there were cloth diapers that large. I know they have disposable ones, I worked in a nursing home about 30 years ago and they had them then.
Many older women who have had kids are incontinent due to their uterus becoming prolapsed, falling down.
2007-05-24 07:26:05 · answer #3 · answered by just me 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did not know they had cloth diapers for adults. An operation can help with the problem!
2007-05-24 06:36:38 · answer #4 · answered by Lost in Maryland 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's better to use a Foley Catheter rather than a diaper for an adult who is incontinent. Just consult with your Doctor.
2007-05-24 06:33:19 · answer #5 · answered by ev1go 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It seems to me that cloth diapers have their own environmental problems and health risks. It must take a fair amount of energy to wash them in hot enough water to kill bacteria and really clean them. I think the Foley Cath is an excellent suggestion, from an environmental standpoint.
2007-05-24 06:36:04 · answer #6 · answered by Rayne Forest 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I didn't know that cloth diapers were made for adults. Either for babies or adults, it would help eliminate trash.
2007-05-24 07:25:56 · answer #7 · answered by Lady Mate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow....no, I did not know that "they" make cloth diapers for adults. I had incontinence really bad when I was pregnant with my two kids. All it took was a sneeze or a rough cough and whoops...just pee though. thanks for enlightening me on the facts.
2007-05-24 06:50:00 · answer #8 · answered by Mandy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We developed a variant in India. This was a soft non-toxic pvc, washable, reusable outer wrap witha dinintegrating type of shredded paper pulp filler, which could be flushed in the WC.
The plastic wrap prevented soak through, odour and such.
2007-05-25 00:09:31 · answer #9 · answered by A.V.R. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
complicated situation. lookup using a search engine. that may help!
2014-12-02 19:55:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋