Assisted living centers are usually for older adults who are more independent and capable of following COVID-19 protocols than those living in nursing homes. So why are more residents dying of COVID in assisted living centers? #COVID19NC #nchealth northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

Every week since Dec. 22, 200 North Carolina residential-care residents who have been listed as COVID-related deaths. #coronavirusnc #ncpol northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

From @HannaCritch: Roughly one in five state prisoners has had COVID-19, giving the institutions a death rate that’s not quite double that of the general public. #coronavirusnc #vaccine #nchealth northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

Assisted living centers in North Carolina and nationally notice growth in the numbers of COVID-related cases and deaths. #nchealth #vaccine #coronavirusnc northcarolinahealthnews.org/2…

adult incontinence

Students are counting and stacking diapers outside

Rural areas see a rise in demand for adult diapers

December 22, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

Rural areas see a rise in demand for adult diapers - North Carolina Health News

The economic devastation of coronavirus has hit some older adults particularly hard, driving up demand for diapers and other sanitary products in social service agencies across the state.

By Liora Engel-Smith John Henry Jeter remembers a time when his agency’s adult diaper cache gathered dust on the shelf. But then the pandemic started, that’s when incontinence and hygiene products started flying off the shelves. Tarboro Community Outreach serves some of the neediest in Edgecombe County, an area that had the highest rates of […]

shows a pile of different brands of adult incontinence products stuffed under a sink

Adult incontinence products: An undeniable, expensive need for many older people

May 14, 2019 by Thomas Goldsmith

Adult incontinence products: An undeniable, expensive need for many older people - North Carolina Health News

Adult incontinence comes as an unwelcome symptom of dementia & numerous other conditions, but they're pricey and often people don't want to admit the need.

By Thomas Goldsmith Cislyn Ricketts, 88, a retired radiology technician, had problems at first with wearing adult incontinence products. But she adapted, as the kinds of products and their use became more familiar. Her daughter and caregiver Carrie Taye, 72, says use of adult diapers and related items help to manage one of Ricketts’ many […]

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