Bowel and Bladder Continence Assessment
A comprehensive assessment of bladder and bowel function for LTC residents developed by the LTC BPC Project with Toronto Best Practice Steering Committee and Northwest Continence Collaborative (2005). Includes list of medications that affect continence and treatment options.
Reference: Toronto Best Practice Committee and Northwest Continence Collaborative (2006). Bladder & Bowel Continence Assessment.. Toronto.
Sources: AHCPR. 2006. Urinary Incontinence. ; Brigham & Women’s Hospital. 2004, Urinary incontinence.; The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing. 2001. Urinary incontinence. ; IC-5 Continence Project, 2005.; Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation. 2002. Constipation.; RNAO. 2005, Preventing Constipation; Prompting Continence. http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices.; Royal Women’s Hospital. 2005. Urinary incontinence.; Singapore Ministry of Health. 2003; U.S. National Library of Medicine and U.S. National Institute of Health. 2006. Drugs, supplements.
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