Parent Provider Pat Rowen often found herself changing sheets in the middle of the night after her consumer had nighttime accidents.

Instead of having to transfer the consumer out of bed, remove dirty sheets and replace the clean ones, Pat came up with a better way.

She began making the bed by layering waterproof fabric and sheets. So when an accident happens, she can roll her consumer to one half of the bed, remove half of the top sheet and protective layer, roll her consumer to the other half and remove the rest of the sheet. A fresh layer was in place while she finished cleaning up.

Pat even makes her own custom protective sheets by buying waterproof fabric in bulk. She uses PUL waterproof fabric, which averages $8 per yard.

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