What kind of care is provided to patients with incontinence in residential facilities and home care ? I. Views and attitudes of health professionals.
2009
Abstract
Urinary and fecal incontinence are considered as symptoms worsening significantly patient's quality of life and accounting for high costs particularly for nursing care for incontinent in long-term care facilities. Repeated complaints of substandard quality of care and nursing practices provided to incontinent persons in these settings have been reported.
In institutions, prevalence of incontinence reaches 50- 70% of residents and, about a half of home care clients suffer from incontinence, too. In the article we present results of the project 'Incontinence in the context of nursing care'.