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Tag: adult incontinence

Students are counting and stacking diapers outside
Posted inAging

Rural areas see a rise in demand for adult diapers

by Liora Engel-Smith December 22, 2020January 27, 2021

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
Posted inAging

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

by Thomas Goldsmith May 14, 2019November 13, 2019

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