Covidien Pad ResearchThere are a number of major concerns when it comes to the residents of rehabilitation centers, nursing homes or any other similar facilities that house people of higher age and/or that otherwise have toileting issues. While the management, supervisors and nurses (among others) of those facilities take great care to ensure that residents are using the toilet as they need to and assisting them with the same as needed, staffing and other limitations preclude there from being any assertion that the need for Depends, Covidien Wings or other similar undergarments are not or should not be needed. Indeed, there are situations where a resident is asleep, is generally incontinent or has lost the mental acuity to be mindful and aware of themselves and/or others. A common example would be someone with severe dementia who does not realize that they should alert the nurse if they need accompanying to the toilet. Given this reality, this research proposal will speak to some research on such undergarments that are from one of the brands mentioned previously in this section, that being Covidien. While there are other brands and types of garments or other solutions out there, this proposal will deign to answer the question as to whether the Wings quilted formulary comfort undergarments as created, marketed and sold by Covidien offer a proper and full solution to the common nursing home/rehabilitation center situation mentioned above.

Background & Review of Literature

So as to inform and justify the reason for this research, the author of this proposal would be prudent to review and cover why precisely this research could be helpful. One reason why focusing on toileting-related undergarments is important is that the alternate solutions to dealing with this subject are simply not as effective and all-encompassing as what is otherwise possible and practical. Just as one example, the very idea that qualified nurses, LPN's and other nursing professionals can be provided in what is anywhere close to a 1:1 ratio is folly. While that would be lovely, the system is not built in a way that allows for it, the financials necessary to fulfill that desire would never work and no state government in their right mind would have such a requirement, even if some scholars and professionals suggest the states need to...

Second, it was noted before that not all patients in nursing homes and rehabilitation centers have the ability or mental acuity to notify the nurses that they need to make it to the toilet. Quite often, it is too late and there are some patients who are barely aware of themselves, let alone the nurses, family or other people that surround them at any given time (Forbat, 2004). Lastly, the other methods besides staffing and undergarments that present themselves in terms of preventing toileting within an undergarment have some significant tradeoffs. Just as one example, there are many that suggest that nurses or other nursing professionals should, as part of their normal rounds, wake up a patient that is sound asleep so as to find out if they need to use the bathroom. While this may be at least somewhat efficient in terms of avoiding toileting mishaps, it does not prevent all such mishaps and jarring a patient out of sleep for toileting reasons alone is seen as disturbing and unnecessary in the eyes of many nursing professionals, leaders and scholars (Oulsander, Ai-Samarrai & Schnelle, 2001).
With that in mind, the general approach that is being taken by many, and this would include the author of this report, is to focus on dealing with eventuality that the use and acceptance of toileting undergarments needs to happen, not unlike what is done with children and their diapers. Rather than overly focusing on prevention, there is indeed a shift and focus on what to do when such an event happens and what products and methods are best when it comes to addressing the same. As noted throughout this proposal, the focus in this particular report and the research to come is what product is best and why it stands apart from other offerings. There are indeed other brands and products out there when it comes to what some people consider diapering. However, some products are better than others and there are a few names and models that stand out. Covidien is among those names and their Wings Underpad product will be the focus of this proposal and the research to come, as noted before (Twersky et al., 2012; Ishrak & Lee, 2014).

It should be noted that the company that has commonly been referred to as Covidien is now legally known…