They only thing that saved my from having to do laundry every day with my dad was using the blue backs like they have at the hospital along with the depends. If he did go through the depends the blue backs kept the sheets dry that way if he got up in the middle of the night because he was wet, all I had to do was throw away the soiled blue backs and put new ones down. I did also by a rubberized mattress pad, like you would have in a babys crib to save the mattress, just in case the disposable pads got moved. Ii was lucky enough to know people at our local hospital, who would order them in bulk for me so I paid much less than I would at a med supply store.