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Sometimes a change of position will help with that.
If he is sitting in a recliner about 15 minutes before you get him up to go to the bathroom sit the chair up a bit. If he is on the couch or upright chair get him up and walk him a bit before going to the bathroom. Just this slight change might help.
Do discuss all of this with the doctor to rule out anything that may help with the situation.
This is easily, by the way, researched online with your favorite search engine. Just type in "incontinence and dementia" on the search bar.
I wish you the best.
And it certainly doesn't sound like your dad is getting nearly enough fluids in his system, if he's only drinking coffee in the morning, 2 full glasses of water before 3:00, and only 4 oz. before 4:00 p.m. That is not nearly enough to keep your dad hydrated.
I know you don't want him peeing all the time and wetting his diapers(even though that's what they are for and he can't help it), but dehydration in an elderly person in particular is much more dangerous than him peeing all the time.
So I would give him plenty to drink during the day with a cut off time no later than 7:00 p.m., and then if you don't want to continue taking him to the bathroom every 2 hours well into the evening you may want to think about using a condom catheter on him overnight, so you and he can both sleep and he won't wake up wet.
You can also talk to his urologist about perhaps putting him on an active bladder medication as sometimes those help and sometimes they don't.