A qualitative study of continence service provision for people living with dementia at home in the UK: Still inadequate?

Introduction: Incontinence is a major problem for people with dementia (PWD) and their family/friend caregivers, often causing substantial harm, including residential care admission. The incontinence needs of PWD are complex and different from those of people without dementia. The aim of this study was to investigate carer and nurse perceptions of continence service provision and potential improvements.

A qualitative study and preliminary model of living with dementia and incontinence at home: beyond containment.

Background: most people living with dementia (PLWD) will develop incontinence problems with associated harmful consequences. Well-contained incontinence is often the main treatment goal. It would therefore be expected that poorly contained incontinence would have a negative impact.

Problems faced by people living at home with dementia and incontinence: causes, consequences and potential solutions.

Background: many people living at home with dementia (PLWD) also have poorly managed toilet-use or incontinence problems with damaging consequences for both people with dementia, unpaid carers and healthcare professionals (HCPs). Currently, there are no theoretically or empirically based interventions to help. The underlying causes and subsequent consequences of these problems need to be fully understood in order to support the development of interventions that have the potential to decrease the impact of these problems on people's lives.

Development and randomised controlled trial of a Continence Product Patient Decision Aid for men postradical prostatectomy.

Aims And Objectives: To develop and evaluate an evidence-based Continence Product Patient Decision Aid (CP-PDA) to reduce decisional conflict and support continence product choice for men postradical prostatectomy.

Background: In 2018, 1.3 million men globally were diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Continence care and policy initiatives.

Nurses are key professionals in the provision of continence care. The authors examine the implications of recent policy initiatives on the provision of continence care to older people, both in general terms and focusing on the issue of abuse.