title: Standards of continence care are poor in most hospitals.
abstract: I was recently asked to visit an elderly male resident in a long-stay mental health unit. This man had an atonic bladder which required emptying and had been urethrally catheterized. In addition, he was a schizophrenic suffering from dementia and therefore did not understand why this plumbing attachment followed him around.
authors.affiliation: District Continence Advisor South Birmingham Health Authority National Executive Member, Association for Continence Advice.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Denning