Ageing and the Bladder and Bowel

This module contains the topics:

• Understanding what happens to the bladder and bowel as we age
• Impact of comorbidities on continence
• Maintaining and promoting continence

By the end of this module, you should be able to: 

• describe age-related anatomical changes that may increase the risk of urinary incontinence in males and females
• recall reasons linking the ageing bowel with constipation
• describe the impact of dementia on retaining continence
• explain strategies to maintain and promote continence in the older person.