Promoting Continence

This one day course, that can be delivered as two half days, is a thorough and up to date knowledge based course for workers in social care and housing support services. The course covers the following:

•  Physical, psychological and social factors that contribute to incontinence
• Recognising, reporting, recording and monitoring incontinence
•  The role of catheters and stomas in promoting continence
• Skin care
• Psychological and social care for incontinence
• Diet and continence
• Continence aids
• Respecting personal beliefs and preferences and balancing a duty to care