“Requiring disposable underwear as I age is my personal goal,” said no one ever! For those over the age of 65 and still living at home, more than 50 percent of women and 25 percent of men report urinary incontinence—and this matter is much more serious than just buying disposable underwear. Urinary incontinence has a profound impact on the quality of life of older people, their subjective health status, and levels of depression. Incontinence also intimately affects the need for care as family members can be challenged to provide proper skin hygiene. That can put them in a situation where they feel they need to put loved ones in facilities. No one ever set a goal to go to a nursing home either! Just sayin’. Is incontinence really a rite of passage as you age? Can you not go below ground without having experienced the embarrassment of leaking when you …