Unfortunately I only ended up using 10 of these before my grandma passed... The hospice had been providing a few mouth swabs, but we were going through them too fast and they couldn't bring enough.
The official mouth swabs from hospice were a little more dense/firm but otherwise looked and behaved identically. As these have a plastic stick, they don't deform rapidly in water unlike the ones with paper sticks. We used them to not only clean her mouth and tongue a bit, but also to get rid of the thick white spit and sputum that was accumulating in her mouth when she was unable to swallow. It also helped to provide relief to her dry mouth and lips when she was mouthbreathing. I dipped them in electrolyte fluid so they'd have a slightly sweet and pleasant taste. They were useful right until the very end, we were using them to ease her discomfort.
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