| Nearly 20 million Americans have been diagnosed with | | | | and the plastic cover-up pants (to prevent leakage), |
| some form of incontinence, and so it is no wonder that | | | | you can simply wash, dry and reuse them. With |
| many companies offer adult cloth diapers for relief. For | | | | disposable diapers, you do not have the option of |
| most cases of the disorder, absorption options can be | | | | washing or reusing. |
| discrete and very effective. Adult cloth diapers are | | | | Another positive outcome of using adult cloth diapers, |
| usually made from 100% cotton material that allows | | | | as opposed to using disposable diapers, is lessening |
| the skin to "breathe", unlike traditional disposable adult | | | | the negative impact on the environment. Since we |
| incontinence diapers. You can usually find the cloth | | | | know that some 19 million people in the U.S. suffer |
| versions in both the traditional kind, which must be | | | | from incontinence, the number of disposable adult |
| pinned, and others that are pull-on versions. In either | | | | diapers in our landfills is nearly inconceivable. |
| case, when using adult cloth diapers, it will be | | | | Eco-friendly people often cite these statistics in their |
| necessary to also wear a plastic cover to avoid any | | | | arguing the benefits of using non-disposable diapers. |
| leakage. | | | | Every incontinence sufferer will have his or her opinion |
| As you can imagine, both cloth and disposable diapers | | | | on which is best. Disposable diapers can be much |
| have their benefits as well as disadvantages. One of | | | | more convenient and accessible. At the same time, |
| the strongest arguments in favor of adult cloth diapers | | | | they are more expensive in the long run. Adult cloth |
| is that they are washable, and therefore reusable. If | | | | diapers can be reused and you are only spending |
| you have a serious incontinence problem, the ability to | | | | money once to buy your supplies. On the other hand, |
| reuse the diaper may save you hundreds of dollars a | | | | some people do not believe that they are as |
| year. Once you have purchased the adult cloth diapers | | | | convenient and prefer the disposable alternative. |