Why we should promote continence in people living with dementia
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Why we should promote continence in people living with dementia

Zena Aldridge Consultant editor, Nursing Older People

Ageism is widespread, including in institutions providing health and social care, and in workplaces, the media and elsewhere, according to the World Health Organization. Such ageism can convey a narrative that incontinence is a normal or inevitable part of ageing – and that nothing can be done to change the outcome either for those affected or across healthcare services.

Nursing Older People. 36, 1, 5-5. doi: 10.7748/nop.36.1.5.s1

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