Types and Styles of Adult Diapers:
Vitality Medical covers it when looking for top brands and styles of adult diapers for urinary and bowel incontinence. Our most popular brands include Prevail, ABENA, TENA, Tranquility, Wings, and Seni. Each brand offers a variety of features, sizes, and styles. Here is a complete list of style options with a list of features to help you find the best adult diaper option.
Tab-style diapers for adults allow caregivers to easily apply and remove them from patients who are bedridden or have limited mobility. This allows them to apply the diaper without standing or removing their clothes. This minimizes time spent changing, allowing the wearer and the caregiver to focus on other tasks.
Pull-Up Style adult incontinence diapers eliminate the need for side panel closures. Worn like traditional underwear, these diapers are designed for mobile men and women with features to make them as discreet as possible. These diapers fit similarly to normal underwear for individuals wishing to maintain their active lifestyles. This allows them to continue traveling, playing sports, or doing whatever activities they previously enjoyed with the protection they need.
Specifically intended for nighttime incontinence protection, these diapers offer the high absorption needed for a full night’s sleep. Now, bedridden patients can rest assured they have the best absorbency for their needs so they wake up dry, which is also vital to their skin health
Need bigger briefs? Vitality Medical also offers briefs in bigger sizes to accommodate individuals with larger bodies. Tranquility, Prevail, Attends, Mckesson, Cardinal Health, and Medline are leading manufacturers of popular brands that cater to this demographic. Each brand and style has a different sizing system. Use the sizing charts for each brand to ensure the best fit and leakage protection.
As hybrids between incontinence pads and briefs, these diapers feature belts that make them easy to take on and off. They are perfect for patients with limited mobility who require assistance from a caregiver to change their underwear.
How To Choose the Best Adult Diaper
Everyone’s needs are unique. Vitality Medical offers the top brands with a wide selection of adult diapers and briefs to meet those needs. When selecting a style of diaper, there are several factors to consider, including absorbency levels, fit, special features, waist size, gender, and intended use.
Diaper Absorbency Levels:
Every wearer’s level of incontinence is different. Vitality Medical supplies adult incontinence products designed for light (2 to 8 ounces), moderate (4 to 16 ounces), heavy (12 to 32 ounces), and super/maximum absorbancies (32 ounces and greater).
Special Features
Each diaper has unique design features to optimize comfort, skin health, and leak protection. Here is a description of special features to help with the buying process.
- Absorbent Core: Not only do incontinence diapers absorb liquid, but a large number of them also lock in unpleasant odors. MAXSORB is an example of gell core technology by Prevail that locks away moisture and keeps the wearer’s skin dry
- Odor Lock: To make wearing as discreet as possible, many brands have odor control within their core technology to lock away unpleasant smells, helping minimize odor until it's changed.
- Elastic Leg Gathers: Fitting snuggly against the wearer’s leg, elastics help prevent leakage.
- Wetness Indicator: Some incontinence underwear includes a visible queue that alerts the caregiver when the diaper should be changed.
- Length and Crosswise Barriers: These maximize the absorption of the diaper and help to prevent leaks.
- Wicking Technology: ABENA features proprietary technology called Top-Dry that draws moisture away from the surface of the diaper to get moisture away from the skin and into the core, allowing the wearer to stay fresh longer while maintaining skin integrity.
- Adjustable Tabs: Briefs with tabs create a personalized and snug fit to the wearer’s unique body shape to help with leakage protection. The repositionable tabs ensure the fit without ruining the adhesive and wasting the product.
- Breathable Material: Adult diapers are designed with technology that allows body heat, moisture vapor, and air to pass through them, keeping the wearer’s skin healthy and dry.
Comfort and Secure Fit:
Correctly sizing incontinence diapers is of the utmost importance. Incontinence underwear is meant to fit snuggly against the wearer’s skin for optimal leak protection. Each brand and type has fitting instructions to inform the user of the best size for them. Diapers with tabs and belted disposable underwear are more adjustable to create the perfect fit.
Gender-Specific Options:
Some brands offer incontinence underwear specifically to target and address the needs of males and females. Male adult underwear features additional protection toward the front and in other targeted zones for maximum protection. They are also available in shades of gray for a more masculine and more normal underwear-like appearance. Women’s diapers comfortably fit the contours of the female body, have built-in gender-specific absorption areas, and may have feminine color options such as pink and purple.
Environmentally Conscious Practices:
ABENA products have the Nordic Swan Ecolabel. This is a badge of honor, signifying that ABENA meets very high standards. This Ecolabel was established by a committee of representatives from several Scandinavian countries whose sole purpose is to create peaceful harmony between the Earth and industries.
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