They now make covers for them and or mattresses that are waterproof and soft, comfotable not the stiff noisy rubber or plastic waterproof always used to mean. They are available all over, Amazon, Overstock, Craigs List (especially when college is moving in and out if your in or near a college, though probably not as prevalent now between fall and spring semesters.my bad, sorry), Walmart to name a few. We have this problem with my mom, though she is home and not in a facility but a memory foam topper makes all the difference in both comfort and I imagine pressure points/sores for those who are more bedridden. Perhaps they may try investing in better mattresses or provide what patients need instead of families having to do it 15:00:43 It may be water resistant but not waterproof. As for that hospital mattress you're talking about, it must not be waterproof or it wouldn't be ruined. The hospitals always get new linens because they're always sending patients home with them. When he came home in a sheet he actually got rid of it and I brought it home and sent it through the laundry. In fact, a resident at a friend of mine's apartment building was hold off by squad after having a seizure. If you happen to know someone and find out they constantly get hospital linens given to them, you may actually want to see if they have any extras. Sometimes it may not even just be the elderly being carted to and from the hospital but people of other agents who 'frequent fly'. I would check to see if some of your elderly friends happen to have any extra linens in their closets that they may be willing to part with because sometimes you just never know. I actually benefited from them because I got to keep some of the linens that came home with my elderly friend on more than one occasion, he had a closet full of them! You never know when someone may actually come home with a bed pad, sheets, blankets and even good pillows. If they didn't want them then that medics had to toss them. I know of an ambulance service that often gave the linens off the stretcher to the patients if they wanted to keep them. Morticians may pick up linens at times and you never know whatever happens to them or if they send them back to the hospitals or what have you.

Perhaps if you know someone who has an extra one or even if you know a funeral director who picked up someone who also happen to have picked up a clean bed pad, perhaps you can try talking to them and see if you can either buy it from them or they may just give it to you if it's clean. However, if you couldn't get a hold of one of those reusable re-washable underpads, that would be your better bet. I can’t wait to be done with the skin picking.No, sorry never heard of memory foam or egg crate being waterproof.

No one at work has mentioned it so far and I am very careful (no exposed open wounds ever) but this sucks and is embarrassing.

Looking for recommendations! My job means a lot to me and I just can’t do it right if I have to worry about my fingers/my bandage getting wet/it falling off. I’ve been thinking of using saniderm wrapping (bandage for tattoos) but it is quite expensive. I have been cutting off the tips of nitrile gloves and putting them on my fingers at home, but it would just look too weird at work and I’d like to avoid drawing questions or attention to it.

If I need to, I wear regular bandaids at work, but even the plastic waterproof ones slip off because it’s impossible not to get my hands wet. I was doing well but I had a few consecutive days off and completely destroyed my fingers. It’s disgusting as a waitress to serve food if I have even slightly fucked up fingers. I am actively trying to reduce the habit. I am a waitress and unfortunately I pick at my cuticles and fingertips CONSTANTLY.

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