Dementia and Incontinence

This module contains the topics:

• Understanding dementia
• Dementia and incontinence
• Assessing and managing incontinence in people living with dementia

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

• Define dementia and the subtypes of dementia
• Describe the six cognitive domains affected by dementia
• Explain how dementia may impact a person’s ability to maintain continence and what types of incontinence they may experience
• Describe the impact of medications for the management of dementia on continence
• Discuss the importance of a continence assessment in relation to providing individualised continence care to a person living with dementia
• Outline management strategies for incontinence in a person living with dementia