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Continence Training Needs Assessment of Residential Long-Term Care Personal Support Workers

Urinary incontinence (UI) and fecal incontinence (FI) are embarrassing and debilitating conditions that are becoming collectively a major, growing health concern for men and women of all ages worldwide. Recent research showed that professional caregivers in long-term facilities (nursing homes) were not confident in their skills to care for FI residents. This long-term care residential-based

Continence training needs assessment of residential long-term care personal support workers

Urinary incontinence (UI) and fecal incontinence (FI) are embarrassing and debilitating conditions that are becoming collectively a major, growing health concern for men and women of all ages worldwide. In terms of academic study, interest and understanding, fecal incontinence (FI) is the poor cousin of the incontinence twins. Recent research from the Canadian Continence Foundation

Denial, Shame and Acceptance: Generating Base-line Knowledge and Understanding of Fecal Incontinence amongst Long-term Care Residents and Care Providers

Long-term care residents and care providers in Ontario, Canada participated in a pilot qualitative study of 16 patients living with fecal incontinence and 9 of their healthcare providers in 2 long term care facilities. Subjects were selected equally from both genders. Focus group discussion with study participants used both thematic and deductive approaches; sessions were

The Impact of Incontinence in Canada: A Briefing Document for Policy-Makers

This paper is intended to be a briefing document from The Canadian Continence Foundation (TCCF) to help policy-makers formulate evidence-informed policies to meet the unmet needs of Canadians living with incontinence. Incontinence is a chronic condition that carries an enormous stigma. Patients are often reluctant to discuss this issue with their family, friends and physician

Incontinence: The Canadian Perspective

Incontinence is a prevalent health condition that is rarely discussed as people living with the condition are often embarrassed to discuss it with their healthcare providers; for many it is a medical taboo, not to be spoken aloud. The continence care community generally agrees that the prevalence of incontinence in Canada is about the same

The Self-reported Prevalence and Knowledge of Urinary Incontinence and Barriers to Health Care-Seeking in a Community Sample of Canadian Women

D. Wayne Taylor, Michael Weir, Jacqueline J. Cahill, Diaa E. E. Rizk The study aimed to determine the prevalence and understanding of urinary incontinence (UI) in a community sample of Canadian women and identify barriers to health-care seeking. Women aged 20 or more were selected randomly fromthe community and interviewed about inappropriate urine loss within

Denial, Shame and Acceptance: Generating Base-line Knowledge and Understanding of Fecal Incontinence amongst Long-term Care Residents and Care Providers

Authors: D. Wayne Taylor, Jacqueline J. Cahill, Diaa E. E. Rizk The study aimed to determine the prevalence and understanding of fecal incontinence amongst a sample of long-term care residents and care providers in Ontario, Canada. A pilot qualitative study was conducted of 16 patients living with fecal incontinence and 9 of their healthcare providers

Women not seeking healthcare for urinary incontinence

(July 30, 2013) A paper published by the The Cameron Institute and The Canadian Continence Foundation in the current issue of The American Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences concludes that urinary incontinence is very prevalent amongst Canadian women who neither properly understand the condition and its causes, nor recognize this as a significant problem,

Quantifying cost avoidance possibilities by investing in the minimally-invasive mid-urethral sling surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence

Journal of Medical and Biological Sciences – Volume 3, Issue 1, 2009 D. Wayne Taylor, Director, Health Leadership Institute, McMaster University Elisabeth Fowler, Vice-President, Ward Health Strategies Urinary incontinence is one of the most prevalent, untreated chronic conditions for individuals living in Canada. The impact of incontinence on an individual’s quality of life is significant as