Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults Takes Collaborative Nursing Efforts to Improve

There is a misconception that urinary incontinence (UI) in older adults, usually above the age of 65 is a part of aging. More than 50% of residents in long-term care (LTC) settings are affected by UI and it is associated in many cases with markedly reduced quality of life. It has become evident that...

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Autores principales: McDaniel, Crislyn, Ratnani, Iqbal, Fatima, Saher, Abid, Muhammad Hasan, Surani, Salim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Genetics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7419143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32802599
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9161
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author McDaniel, Crislyn
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Fatima, Saher
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Surani, Salim
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description There is a misconception that urinary incontinence (UI) in older adults, usually above the age of 65 is a part of aging. More than 50% of residents in long-term care (LTC) settings are affected by UI and it is associated in many cases with markedly reduced quality of life. It has become evident that incontinence can be cured or successfully managed. However, many nurses lack sufficient knowledge to intervene appropriately. The purpose of this review is to share how the collaborative efforts of nurses at all levels may lead to increased assessment and interventions of UI in this population.
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spelling pubmed-74191432020-08-13 Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults Takes Collaborative Nursing Efforts to Improve McDaniel, Crislyn Ratnani, Iqbal Fatima, Saher Abid, Muhammad Hasan Surani, Salim Cureus Genetics There is a misconception that urinary incontinence (UI) in older adults, usually above the age of 65 is a part of aging. More than 50% of residents in long-term care (LTC) settings are affected by UI and it is associated in many cases with markedly reduced quality of life. It has become evident that incontinence can be cured or successfully managed. However, many nurses lack sufficient knowledge to intervene appropriately. The purpose of this review is to share how the collaborative efforts of nurses at all levels may lead to increased assessment and interventions of UI in this population. Cureus 2020-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7419143/ /pubmed/32802599 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9161 Text en Copyright © 2020, McDaniel et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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