Clothes protectors for adults

louiseheatley
louiseheatley Community member Posts: 7 Connected
edited July 23 in Housing and independent living
My (adult) friend who has CP and learning disabilities has a life-long issue with drooling. Surgery, medication and patches have not helped much. 

Now in his fifties the neckerchief style of clothes protector isn’t sufficient to keep his shirts dry, so he has started to wear an apron / mealtime clothes protector when out and about as well as at home. This keeps him dry but as someone who’s a snappy dresser he really doesn’t like doing it. 

Do you know of any solutions!

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  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,925 Championing
    What a great question @louiseheatley. I am not aware of any solutions myself but hopefully, someone else in our wonderful community will have some ideas!

    In the meantime, I will tag @Alex_Scope and @Richard_Scope as they are most probable to have some ideas about this.

    Good luck. If we can do anything else to support you or your friend please don't hesitate to let us know  :)
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Hello and welcome @louiseheatley thanks for your query, I'm sorry we haven't been able to find a solution just yet.

    Although I have CP, drooling isn't a big symptom for me, so I wouldn't be sure of what to suggest. I can see why using an apron or a protector wouldn't help your friend feel at his best. The way we dress says a lot about us, and sometimes who we want to be :) 

    If you haven't had a look around the forum already, feel free to do so, here's some places to get started:
    • The virtual coffee lounge which is one of our categories, in which we play games and talk about general subjects such as hobbies and interests
    • The recent discussions page, which shows an overview of everything happening across the community
    • The categories page, which shows a full list of discussion groups on the community

    If you have any questions at all then don’t hesitate to ask, and we'll do what we can to help.

    Alex

  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,638 Cerebral Palsy Network
    Hi @louiseheatley
    Thanks for your post. There are options on eBay  but if your friend would like something more bespoke I would suggest contacting some of the sellers on Etsy that make adult clothing protectors
  • mollymandy97
    mollymandy97 Scope Member Posts: 32 Connected
    https://www.bibbleplus.co.uk/
    Is sort thing these are what my friend used
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Those are quite snazzy @mollymandy97 thanks for sharing :) 
  • louiseheatley
    louiseheatley Community member Posts: 7 Connected
    Thanks, @mollymandy97, this looks like just what he needs! 

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