DDBB12 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 These days in the UK ladies incontinence protection is sold everywhere. Tena Lady, Always Discreet and Supermarkets own brand. But what did women use before these were generally available? Growing up in the 70s and 80s in the UK I remember seeing various adverts for mail order incontinence pants in newspapers and magazines. I'd imagine stress incontinence from childbirth was very common then, so did ladies use extra thick sanitary towels everyday with plastic pants? Does anyone have any experience of what your mother or grandmother used? Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 From the 1963 (that I know of) to the 1980's, Kleinert's made adult size rubber panties. They were like baby panties but they were fairly close fitting. The origianls were made of smooth white material. Some time in the late '60's or1970s these were replaced by grainy milky white material that were fuller cut. They were sold in the Womens' Department of places like Shepards in Providence and later Edgar's in malls and shopping centers. Also, there was Salk Sain-Patn that were a regular looking panty made of rayon that was lined with polyurethane and used some kind of throw-away liner that had an akhesive to hold them to the panty that I frst saw in c1963 1 Link to comment
ValentinesStuff Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Oddly while looking at an online copy of a news paper for the day after my birth in 1966, I wondered what was happening when I was born, I found an ad for incontinence wear. Cloth diapers, pads, and waterproof pants. Alas the company is long out of business, although the building is still there. Link to comment
DDBB12 Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 What company was this? Do you have a copy of the advert? Link to comment
steveg Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 I remember hearing my mom talk who use to work in a nursing home for developmental disabled adults where all most all are diapered. She use to mention having people in cloth diaper and rubber pants both men and woman she said it was easier to change the ladies who were in sun dresses than some of teh guy who wore overalls LOL this has to be in the late 70's early 80's she did the caregiving in the summer and school bus driving during the school year Link to comment
DDBB12 Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 These days they could be wearing disposable adult pullups. Make the carers job much easier. Link to comment
ValentinesStuff Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 On 5/27/2021 at 3:11 PM, DDBB12 said: What company was this? Do you have a copy of the advert? Should show up there. 1 Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 5 hours ago, DDBB12 said: These days they could be wearing disposable adult pullups. Make the carers job much easier. Yes and no. Theise carers are part of a larger system. If you know anything about medical diapers, they are the bottom of the barrel. Any system based on single-use items HAS to be more expensive. To keep expenses down, corners HAVE to be cut.. The first corner cut is quality. The next is security; on two counts. Re-usables are cleaned in-house so you know where they've been. Also, these things are made, packaged and sealed in some third world place. Can you say "Wuhan" and "Melanine-spked pet food"? Do you think China and some of the other third world places are our friends? So you end up giving back whatever you saved in convenience in cost and risk, the latter of which increases in probability the more esternally supplied, cheaply made and packaged items are used, to a point where there is almost a certainty that contaminated items will enter the overall system somewhere and be used unknowingly since the packages are sealed and the items not micro inspected before use. Also, these fecal and other disease-bearing items will require special disposal procedures and conditions: Ka-CHING. It is called "penny wise and pound follish"; and we all know what Pennywise does, right? Link to comment
DDBB12 Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 3 hours ago, ValentinesStuff said: Should show up there. Just seen that and I like it. More descriptive than the adverts in British newspapers. They would have a drawing of some pants under the heading of incontinence. Not much information. Link to comment
DDBB12 Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Here's some old British adverts for pads. They don't say there are for incontinence, but I'm sure a lot of them were used for it. These sanitary knickers were probably also used for incontinence as well as periods/ Link to comment
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