Dementia and Continence / Incontinence Awareness and Tips

Dementia and Continence/Incontinence

This training pack looks at continence issues for people with dementia. It looks at why continence can be a problem, the steps to be taken by managers and staff to manage continence issues in the care setting and at home (domiciliary care), physical aspects that should be addressed and when to get professional involvement.

Presentation and Handouts. All editable.

Presentation - Dementia and Continence (43 Slides) - Slide Titles:

Introduction
Statistics
Supportive Continence Care
Setting the Scene for Incontinence Cognitive Impairments of Dementia,
Sensory/Physical Impairments
Incontinence
Dignity
Challenging Behaviour (relating to continence)
Other Issues
Why People with Dementia have Continence Problems
Pain
Bladder Control Problems
Eliminating Physical Causes
Aspects of Incontinence
Understanding Behaviour (relating to continence)
Assessing Continence Problems (Assessment, History, GP Assessment
Environmental Changes to Promote Continence and Dignity
Using the Toilet
Things to Remember and Prompts
Clothing and Footwear
Domiciliary care
New Environments
Dementia Friendly Environments (relating to continence)
Respecting Residents Rights
Monitoring Continence (Care Staff)
Key Points
References

Word Documents

2 Handouts
2 case study documents

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