Management of patient continence in long-term care nursing facilities.
Ninety-one urinary incontinent nursing home patients who responded to a 1-hour prompted voiding toileting program were gradually moved to a 2-hour program without a significant change in either continence or appropriate toileting levels. The nursing staffs were given experiential training and written recommendations describing the patients' required toileting schedules. Follow-up data from 2 and 6 weeks after initial patient treatment documents that nursing staffs did not maintain the 2-hour program.
Schnelle
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Middle Tennessee State University, Psychology Department, Murfreesboro 37132.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009735:Nursing Homes; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000451:nursing*