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Continence in nursing homes: a state of irreversible decline?

Nature Reviews Urology volume 16, pages 278–279 (2019)Cite this article

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Continence in nursing home residents declines over time, probably owing to an increase in physical disability and impaired mobility as much as to lower urinary tract dysfunction. A need remains for appropriately skilled assessments of continence care, leading to multicomponent management of continence in this vulnerable group of patients.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

    Adrian Wagg

  2. Gothenburg Continence Research Centre, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Profile of Residents in Residential and Hospital-Based Continuing Care, 2017–2018: https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/ccrs-quick-stats-2017-2018-en-web.xlsx

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Wagg, A. Continence in nursing homes: a state of irreversible decline?. Nat Rev Urol 16, 278–279 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-019-0172-8

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