Question: I strongly suspect that you're in U.S. and we are UK NHS 'patients' so, foolishly, this means we pay into a "system" our entire lives, only to be treated like a disposable item, past its expiration date, when, like my amazing dad, who was in WWII in the RAF and has worked his whole life through to way beyond retirement age, we finally are in need of that supposed "care". Despite PAYING every step of the way for over 70 years, he had to endure the most appalling 'care' ('lack of care' describes it more accurately)in hospital recently and was given a Conveen despite being A) not incontinent, B) of sound mind - an Oxford graduate and an EXTREMELY sharp mind - actually - in many areas, therefore fully able to hold a bottle which would have meant far lower risk of infection, surely? (considering 'C'; & C) admitted to hospital care for a UTI!!! They took his fluids (canula drip) AWAY - yes AWAY, after the first 2 days, despite having established that he was seriously dehydrated, on Metformin for his diabetes, and already had kidney disease stage 3. Please can you confirm that they should NOT have taken away the kidney flushing drip and that a Conveen was a seriously BAD idea. He then had to be fitted with a catheter, which I can only assume was because the UTI came (as a result of the Conveen being on for days) and somehow created such a blockage that the only way his bladder would empty (nothing in Conveen bag and abdomen distended like a large beach ball - Dad complaining of pain) was by resorting to a catheter, which of course will only make matters worse with the UTI. I appreciate your help, but suspect you cannot reply unless I pay yet more money.

Thank you so much, Dr Biswas, for this detailed reply, confirming most of what I suspected.
I guess I'll never know whether Dad's Conveen was changed frequently or not: I was at his bedside every single day except for one and luckily, that day, a friend of mine, who is a Sister, was on duty, but the conveen was never changed in front of me, obviously. I'll check to see if he remembers how often it was changed.
Dad is fully able to communicate and ALWAYS says if he needs the toilet, being used to lifting himself on and off his commode at home - he had developed amazing upper body strength to do this, but he liked the XXXXXXX it obviously offered him. When I first realised he had a Conveen, I was shocked, as initially I'd had no idea that it was effectively a condom with a bag attached! Had I known this, I'd naturally have queried it sooner, particularly as he was up and sitting in either the chair or in bed, whenever I visited (& I always stayed for a minimum of 3 hours). They knew & expected this, so a bottle was the obvious choice for Dad & possibly an overnight pad. A convene overnight perhaps, but not all the next day, when trying to recover from a UTI. They did adjust his diabetes meds, to take care of the extra strain on his kidneys & reduced the flow-rate of the fluids via canula to minimise heart-strain. (A v good doctor that day, but only there one out of the 13 days). He has a strong heart though, and incredibly good BP, at which the doctors are always astounded! In Oct 2007, he had a transurethral prostatectomy; enlarged but benign prostate. He's had Type 2 diabetes since 1995, when he was 72 and this has always been carefully managed with daily oral meds, though he did develop macular degeneration in 2011, registered sight-impaired 02 XXXXXXX 2013. In April 2008, he had his first knee replacement op and in November (SAME YEAR !!), he had the second one done! He had developed so much pain & loss of mobility in his legs by that time, that he's never walked since. A shortage of physiotherapists didn't help.
The acute urinary retention developed, all of a sudden, (having been passing water without issue) on the day we were taking him home from hospital nearly two weeks ago! He had been taking fluids orally, but the drip was only ever attached when I requested it, having noticed that it kept being taken away! The lack of consistency of rehydration via canula, however, coupled with the over-use of the conveen, I am convinced caused the catheter to have to be fitted, minutes before we took Dad home.
He regularly flows 'past' it in bed now unfortunately and is praying it'll be removed on Wednesday. Meanwhile, I'm sure he has another UTI, even though his fluid intake is optimal at present. He is not disoriented, but seems uncharacteristically tired. Even at nearly 92, he always had plenty of energy and enjoyed vibrant conversation.
I'll check his blood test results tomorrow and perhaps his urinalysis will be back by then.
You've been a huge help - please offer any other advice you can think of as I feel they are trying to convince Dad that it's "time to go". He continues to say he wants to live to at least 110 and has never been in low spirits despite lack of sight/mobility. Only this latest hospital 'treatment' has traumatised him (the hospital has been in the news a LOT recently e.g. - XXXX, yet his GP swooped in last week and got him to sign a DNR form, saying that "other patients had had crushed ribs from CPR!!" Dad is going to alter this directive, but it was unfair to suggest he made this decision when he was unusually tired and literally just returned from the hospital.
Sorry this is long, but I'm trying not to omit anything as I feel we will lose Dad before his birthday in 3 weeks if I don't fight for the treatment he is entitled to in this area. Many, many thanks for your assistance once again. Kind regards, XXXXXXX

Thank you again, Doctor. That is all most helpful and as suspected.
I'll have the blood test report and hopefully urinalysis tomorrow. I can understand why they've felt they should switch from Metformin to Gliclazide, but I am concerned about the Doxazosin and the Perindopril as he already has fairly low bp. I realise why he's been given them though. My biggest concern is that he was coerced into signing a DNR form and he would NEVER have done that if not feeling extremely "out of sorts". We are furious as a family. He doesn't really know why he agreed to it, he's told us, but he said he'd go with whatever the doctor said and she'd told him that his ribs may get broken by CPR.
He has very, very strong bones! Last time he damaged a bone was playing squash in 1961!!! If his heart stops or he has a stroke, while taking these meds (it'll be 2 weeks tomorrow), the forms now say DNR, so we'll lose him!
Thanks again XXXXXXX