Night bathroom concerns

[JAM]

My PAL’s is fine during the day to use toilet, he can still walk short distance & stand at toilet with bar. At night he currently uses a portable urinal. I think standing in middle of night to use it, even though it is right next to bed, is getting dangerous for fall. He’s groggy etc when he’s standing and trying to aim in the little urinal opening.
Considering some type of catheter for nighttime. Maybe something where he can just sit up to urinate then lay back down without need to stand to urinate. It is not an incontinence issue. Just safety concern.
Any advice appreciated. Ty

 

[KimT]

Maybe a condom catheter would work for now.

 

[lgelb]

Keep a UriBag next to the bed, use that in bed, close it, stash it, go back to sleep?

 

[SMJgal]

So what options are there for us ladies at night? …besides getting up and going, of course?

 

[lgelb]

The UriBag comes in M and F versions. At night, it will definitely take some practice but I think you could use it on your side.

 

[Alyse]

You can buy on Amazon a OOCOME Men urinal for 20.00-can hook small urinal cup to use during night and goes down tubing to small plastic container. Works great-no spilling snd can do lying down.

 

[Alyse]

Pure wick

 

[Lori7]

When I could no longer transfer, and couldn’t stand up without two people holding me, I had to quickly figure out some other way of urinating. I tried putting something underneath me like a bedpan, but I couldn’t lift myself on top of it. We have a Hoyer lift on loan, but it takes time to get me in the sling and I have to go right away. Also, taking me to the commode several times a day is something I don’t want to put my husband through. So we do diapers. Yes, it sounds bad, but on the other hand, when we tried to get someone in to watch me while my husband went to his nephews wedding and she was late, I told my husband to go ahead and leave me on my own and I was fine. He didn’t have to worry about me falling on the way to the commode or washroom, he was gone for eight hours, and I was fine when he got home. I had water, biscuits, a “dumb” phone, my medications, and an iPad. Whatever you may think about diapers, they are convenient for the caregiver. He and I are on this journey together, and I don’t want to make whatever time I have left, a living nightmare for him.