Health care workers experience with uncircumcised - Page 2

[mama2soren]

Originally Posted by Fellow Traveler

I've never had this problem myself, and of the intact boys/men I've known I've not heard of it being a problem. If and elderly relative was having this problem in a nursing home I'd be more concerned with the quality of care he or she was receiving at the facility.

Exactly. If something as easy as rinsing under a foreskin in the shower is too difficult for the caregiver to do correctly for an elderly client, I shudder to think about how many of the client's other needs are not being adequately met.

[GoBecGo]

um, my grandfather died after 11 strokes and 6 years in residential care with 24 hour nursing care, dementia and hemiplegia. he was still able to clean his penis.

i got thrush during my last pregnancy. it's a surprise to hear that it must have been due to me not washing properly since i had been managing fine for the previous 27 years

[mama2soren]

Originally Posted by listipton

Sadly enough, this OP's question is why a good friend and I disagree on Circ. She is a RN in our small town's nursing home and was horrified that I left ds intact. Her exact reasoning was that when he was an old man, he wouldn't be able to take care of himself. .

I totally don't understand this logic (and I am an RN with elder care experience too!). Should I have DS's toenails removed now so that his future caregiver won't have to deal with the difficulty of filing them 80 years from now? You know, toenails can get gross and dirty, and sometimes they get *gasp* fungal infections! I can't believe they don't just remove all toenails at birth. What, with all the care they require to keep them trimmed and healthy. Why bother with all of that? It's not like babies would remember having them removed anyway.

[MoonStarFalling]

I worked with moderate to severely developmentally disabled adult men 90% who were intact and never saw a problem. I didn't attempt to wash them. It was inevitable they would pull the foreskin back in the shower themselves rinsing it with clean water, I'm sure it felt good.