Continence Tools for Residential Aged Care - Bladder and Bowel ...
Continence Tools for Residential Aged Care - Bladder and Bowel ...
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Foreword<br />
This guide, titled ‘<strong>Continence</strong> <strong>Tools</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>Residential</strong> <strong>Aged</strong> <strong>Care</strong>: An Education<br />
Guide’, was developed to assist Division 1<br />
Registered Nurses, Division 2 Registered<br />
Nurses/Enrolled Nurses, Personal <strong>Care</strong>rs/<br />
<strong>Care</strong>workers or Nursing Assistants/Aids,<br />
to use the <strong>Continence</strong> <strong>Tools</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Residential</strong><br />
<strong>Aged</strong> <strong>Care</strong>. It provides in<strong>for</strong>mation on how to<br />
conduct a continence assessment, develop<br />
a continence care plan <strong>and</strong> evaluate the<br />
effectiveness of care. It also includes a list<br />
of other continence resources.<br />
Project team<br />
● Professor Bev O’Connell<br />
● Ms Joan Ostaszkiewicz<br />
● Mr Khalil Sukkar<br />
● Ms Alana Gilbee<br />
Other resources<br />
● The ‘<strong>Continence</strong> <strong>Tools</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Residential</strong> <strong>Aged</strong> <strong>Care</strong>’<br />
● A PowerPoint Presentation titled ‘<strong>Continence</strong> <strong>Tools</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>Residential</strong> <strong>Aged</strong> <strong>Care</strong>: An Education Guide’<br />
● Fact Sheet<br />
● Poster<br />
Copyright: Developed by Deakin University <strong>and</strong> funded under<br />
the National <strong>Continence</strong> Management Strategy.<br />
Disclaimer: This education guide should be used as an adjunct to<br />
sound clinical judgement <strong>and</strong> institutional guidelines <strong>and</strong> protocols <strong>for</strong><br />
the assessment <strong>and</strong> management of incontinence in residential aged<br />
care settings.<br />
Photography: Courtesy of KMD Deakin University
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