My grandmother had always been very social, always going somewhere, so I was surprised when my friend’s grandmother asked me if my grandma was ill. Since I had not heard anything was wrong, I told her friend it must be timing, they just kept missing each other. I did, however decide to stop in on grandma on the way home.
My grandmother informed me she had been staying home because of incontinence; she was embarrassed. We sat and talked about it and I took her to the store to buy some adult nappies. At first, she was a bit reluctant to try them, so we talked a bit more about how they would enable her to remain socially active without worrying she may wet herself. She wore them to a luncheon the next day; they were a success. She is back to being a social butterfly.