Centre for Policy on Ageing



What can be done for the elderly patient who is incontinent of urine?
Author(s)	H Wynne, S Carty, J Rees
Journal title	Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, vol 7, no 3, 1997
Pages	pp 213-227
Keywords	Incontinence ; Older women ; Medical care ; Therapeutics ; Physiotherapy ; Services.
Annotation	Urinary incontinence is common in older people, especially in older women. This article describes the age-related changes in bladder function, and the symptoms of the main types of urinary incontinence: urge incontinence; stress incontinence; overflow incontinence; and detrusor hyperflexia. The various treatment options are outlined, including physiotherapy, medical treatment and surgery. Aids and appliances to be used in the management of intractable incontinence are also described. The role of continence services is discussed, and the differences between consultant-led services and continence adviser-led services are addressed. The article concludes that there is a need for greater public awareness of incontinence, which is a problem that can frequently be cured, even in older people.
Accession Number	CPA-971204414 A
Classmark	CTM: BD: LK: LL: LOA: I
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing

...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing.