Urinary continence care for older people in the acute setting

摘要

This was especially true of care of older people within the acute setting. Brady et al (2016) identified that urinary continence care in the acute setting relies on all members of the multidisciplinary team, while Ziircher et al (2011), similar to the Expert Group on LUTS (2014), identified that if urinary continence issues are addressed in a timely and sensitive way, they can be effectively managed or resolved. This, however, relies on health professionals being educated to identify urinary continence issues and being able to assess, treat or manage them appropriately. Ziircher et al (2011) suggested that a hospital stay could be the opportunity to identify urinary continence issues and address them; however, only 10-59% are identified at hospital (Cheater, 1993; Schultz et al, 1997), with approximately half of these having documented interventions (Cheater, 1993;Wagg et al, 2008; Ziircher et al, 2011). These interventions mainly reflect passive interventions such as the use of continence pads (Wagg et al, 2008; Ziircher et al, 2011).