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CGA in Primary Care Settings: Patients presenting with urinary incontinence</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-01-29T00:00:00+00:00">29 January 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Bladder control problems are a common problem in older people and result from a variety of causes. Continence issues are an essential part of any Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, and this guide examines the causes, assessment, management and treatments available.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Good practice guide </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/ambitions-for-change-improving-healthcare-in-care-homes" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Ambitions for change: Improving healthcare in care homes</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-08-10T00:00:00+01:00">10 August 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This document describes the care home sector across the UK as it currently stands, how health and wellbeing has traditionally been supported in care homes and sets out what good healthcare provision in a care home environment should look like.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Position statement </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/presentation-recordings-wessex-region-spring-meeting-2021" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Presentation Recordings: Wessex Region Spring Meeting 2021</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-05-27T00:00:00+01:00">27 May 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The Wessex Region Spring Meeting 2021 was held on 27 May 2021</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Presentation </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/end-of-life-care-in-frailty-continence-care" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>End of Life Care in Frailty: Continence care</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-05-12T00:00:00+01:00">12 May 2020</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people examines the management of continence-related issues in frail older people at the end of life. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Clinical guidelines </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/presentation-slides-improving-continence-care-in-older-people-2019" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Presentation slides: Improving Continence Care in Older People 2019</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-12-05T00:00:00+00:00">05 December 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Improving Continence Care in Older People 2019 was held on 13 September 2019 in Glasgow.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Presentation </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/out-of-hospital-management-of-utis-in-elderly-patients" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Out-of-hospital management of UTIs in elderly patients</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-02-12T00:00:00+00:00">12 February 2019</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Health Education England has commissioned an educational film, in collaboration with Public Health England’s Primary Care Unit, on the treatment of UTIs in older adults</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Video/podcast </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/mirabegron-%E2%80%93-useful-for-frail-older-people" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Mirabegron – useful for frail older people?</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-08-16T00:00:00+01:00">16 August 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Henry Woodford questions the validity of using bladder anticholinergic drugs for frail older people with urinary incontinence. He says it has not been tested in frail older people and may have its own longer-term adverse effects related to adrenergic stimulation. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Clinical guidelines </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/normal-pressure-hydrocephalus-treatment-seeks-disease" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Normal pressure hydrocephalus: treatment seeks disease</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-05-01T00:00:00+01:00">01 May 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Definitions of a disease typically revolve around finding a pathological process in a part of the body that produces an identifiable combination of symptoms and signs. Which parts of this are true for NPH?<br />  </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Newsletters </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/continence-care-in-residential-and-nursing-homes" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Continence Care in Residential and Nursing Homes</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-04-19T00:00:00+01:00">19 April 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Many of the residents are likely to have some degree of urinary incontinence or dysfunction.  Urinary incontinence in this setting should not be viewed as inevitable.  With good management it may be preventable.  Incontinence is a symptom of underlying problems.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Good practice guide </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/clinical-guidelines-on-urinary-incontinence-in-women" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Clinical guidelines on urinary incontinence in women</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-01-27T00:00:00+00:00">27 January 2015</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>NICE quality standard on the assessment, care and treatment of urinary incontinence in women.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Clinical guidelines </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/improving-healthcare-support-in-care-homes" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Improving healthcare support in care homes </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-02-02T00:00:00+00:00">02 February 2012</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This study describes the model of healthcare support being delivered to nursing homes in South Manchester since 2004.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Case study </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even views-row-last"> <a href="/resources/what-you-should-expect-from-your-nhs-bladder-and-bowel-service" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>What you should expect from your NHS bladder and bowel service</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-12-24T00:00:00+00:00">24 December 2011</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The Royal College of Physicians published audit findings about the services and quality of care of people with bladder and bowel incontinence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The audit was commissioned by the Healthcare Quality and Improvement Partnership.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Good practice guide </div> </div></div></a> </div> </div> <div class="attachment attachment-after"> <div class="view view-topic-node view-id-topic_node view-display-id-sig collapsible-filters match-heights search-page-content-type-tpl views-row-alt-separation row-max-4 view-card-default-palette"> <div class="view-empty"> We currently have no content associated with this topic, please visit one of the other tabs </div> </div><div class="view view-topic-node view-id-topic_node view-display-id-news collapsible-filters match-heights search-page-content-type-tpl views-row-alt-separation row-max-4 view-card-default-palette"> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <a href="/policy-and-media/eugms-survey-on-the-assessment-and-management-of-urinary-incontinence-in-the-older" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>EUGMS Survey on the assessment and management of urinary incontinence in the older patient</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-07-26T00:00:00+01:00">26 July 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <div class="view-results">1 results</div><div class="view-mode"><span class="layout-trigger"><span class="view-mode-label">View as</span><span class="trigger-grid active">Grid</span><span class="trigger-list">List</span></span></div> </div> </div><div class="view view-topic-node view-id-topic_node view-display-id-blogs collapsible-filters match-heights search-page-content-type-tpl views-row-alt-separation row-max-4 view-card-default-palette"> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <a href="/blog/incontinence-management-in-older-people-a-wake-up-call" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Incontinence management in older people: A wake-up call</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-06-09T00:00:00+01:00">09 June 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Current urinary incontinence (UI) guidelines often mention older adults with frailty but the detail and nuance of continence care for this group are not often well described. 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