Managing and Treating Urinary Incontinence

Résumé du livre

Urinary incontinence is a leading cause for nursing facility placement and a significant social and public health problem that caregivers in any setting can successfully manage or even eliminate. There are alternatives to containment practices -- Managing and Treating Urinary Incontinence tells you what the full range of treatment options are, how they work, and how and when to use them with your patients or residents. Incontinence is not an inevitable part of aging, nor is it untreatable once it develops. Let this guide be your short course in the diverse and practical UI management techniques you don't know. Nursing staff will measurably improve the health and independence of older adults, and managers/administrators will reduce facility costs and staff burden. Older adults benefit by receiving respectful, knowledgeable care for a burdensome disorder. Embraced by the urological and nursing communities, this book is an essential resource for nurses, medical directors and administrators, occupational therapists, primary care physicians, social workers, and others who work with older adults with incontinence.