Always Finding Solutions- Incontinence Products

If a way can be found to have your child/ adult consistently use the toilet, that is the best solution, of course. But, if that has not been possible, for whatever reason, and you need to use disposable undergarments on your teen or adult child who is too large for the Goodnights products, then Depends and the store brand generic equivalents are useful. For years, I bought them for V, paying out of pocket, at local stores. No one told me that these products are covered by medicaid, can be ordered over the phone and delivered to your house on a monthly basis. I found this out when I discussed the need to cover the expense of these products in V's DDA budget for her adult plan. At that time a DDA employee explained that it would not be necessary since medicaid covers these products. Sure enough, I called Amerigroup, which is the plan that we have selected, and they referred me to Medi Rents & Sales. MediRents got a prescription for Depends disposable undergarments, chucks for bedding, and disposable latex or vinyl gloves, to be delivered monthly and fully covered by the insurance.
Unfortunately, after a year, MediRents decided not to carry Depends and switched to an inferior generic product that was ineffective for V. A few phone calls later, I located another company, Edgepark Medical Supplies, that could provide the products that I needed and we now use them instead. I like Edgepark better because they send the products out automatically, without waiting for me to call them to re-order. They have a website that shows the customer when the order was sent out and gives a tracking number so that the customer knows when the order will arrive. I never run out of supplies now and don't have to worry about whether a store will have the products in stock in the right size and absorbency, the way I used to.
So, if your child needs these products and you have medical assistance through a state waiver program, stop buying your incontinence products at the store. The only thing you need that is not covered is the wipes. See the link at the top of the page for Edgepark.