title: Prompted voiding in the long-term care facility.
abstract: Approximately 50% of residents in United States long-term care facilities are incontinent of urine. Federal regulations require nursing facilities to move away from caring for incontinent residents in a custodial fashion and toward a rehabilitative model. Prompted voiding is one technique that has been thoroughly tested in long-term care facilities and found to significantly improve continence among residents. Provision of prompted voiding is labor intensive, and its application in long-term care facilities requires that management systems be in place to develop and maintain staff participation in the program.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Pinkowski
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities; D014039:Toilet Training; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000534:rehabilitation*