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Report of the national audit of continence care for older people (65 years and above) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
— prepared on behalf of the Continence Working Party | | Author(s) | Adrian Wagg, Sarah Mian, Derek Lowe, Jonathan Potter |
| Corporate Author | Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit (CEEU), Royal College of Physicians - RCP; Healthcare for Older People Programme, Royal College of Physicians - RCP |
| Publisher | Royal College of Physicians, London, November 2005 |
| Pages | 72 pp |
| Source | http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/college/ceeu/coop/Gener... |
| Keywords | Incontinence ; Medical care ; General practice ; Hospital services ; Nursing homes ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | This is the first Healthcare Commission sponsored national audit of continence care, and presents results from the audit in primary care, secondary care and care home settings. The aims were to: improve care for older people with continence problems as highlighted in 'Good practice in continence services' (Department of Health, 2000); demonstrate variation in standards of care relating to the management of continence problems in older people across different healthcare settings; enable healthcare settings to compare the quality of their continence care compared with evidence based criteria; and monitor the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) milestone for establishing integrated continence serviced by April 2004. The report confirms the high distribution rates of urinary and faecal incontinence in secondary care and care home settings, reasons for which include inadequate assessment of continence, and containment rather than cure. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090812001 E |
| Classmark | CTM: LK: L5: LD: LHB: 4C |
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