Hospital practitioner views on the benefits of continence education and best ways to provide training.

Aim: The aim of the study was to explore practitioners' experiences and perspectives on continence training, in order to understand its relevance to practice and how take-up of, and engagement with, such training may be improved.

Design: 27 qualitative interviews were conducted with nursing, medical and allied health practitioners in three hospitals.

Methods: We analysed data thematically, both manually and with the aid of NVivo software.

'We tend to get pad happy': a qualitative study of health practitioners' perspectives on the quality of continence care for older people in hospital.

Background: Bladder and bowel control difficulties affect 20% and 10% of the UK population, respectively, touch all age groups and are particularly prevalent in the older (65+ years) population. However, the quality of continence care is often poor, compromising patient health and well-being, increasing the risk of infection, and is a predisposing factor to nursing and residential home placement.

Objective: To identify factors that help or hinder good continence care for patients aged 65 years and over in hospital medical ward settings.

Consequences of 'conversations not had': insights into failures in communication affecting delays in hospital discharge for older people living with frailty.

Objectives: Older people living with frailty (OPLWF) are often unable to leave hospital even if they no longer need acute care. The aim of this study was to elicit the views of health care professionals in England on the barriers to effective discharge of OPLWF.

Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with hospital-based doctors and nurses with responsibility for discharging OPLWF from one large urban acute care hospital in England.