Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

My husband and I are full-time caretaker of my sister-in-law. She's in the very late stages of ALS. No one ever just gave me the information straight forward and I just had to figure things out for myself and so that was difficult because I had a lot of hard questions and I was directed to people to talk to about those hard questions and it just didn't happen. When caring for someone with ALS you get into a routine like going to the bathroom and in that routine you can get comfortable for a couple weeks to a month before another decline happens to where maybe they can't walk as far away as the bathroom. You kind of get used to planning and thinking what's the next stage a bedside commode? Should I order one? Should I get diapers? Should I get a pad for the bed? Go ahead and order it because it's better to have it there and need it than not have it and need it.