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Aged care: Long-term management of urinary incontinence
Health Staff Ed
Updated Jul 05, 2025
What you'll learn
- Know the main types of urinary incontinence
- Know the main causes of urinary incontinence
- Be able to conduct an assessment of an individual with urinary incontinence
- Identify when a specialist referral is required
- Know the treatment options available
- Apply appropriate nursing interventions
Course Description
Course Overview:
Urinary incontinence is one of the major triggers for admission of an individual to residential aged care.
This course provides a thorough basis of knowledge to anyone providing personal care to an older person with urinary incontinence.
This course has been written by healthcare content experts and
has been peer reviewed.
Target Audience
Nurses and aged care workers
Business Case
This course may be used by providers to demonstrate evidence of workforce training that is consistent with the ACQS Standards, Standard 3: Personal care and clinical care.
This course may be used by providers to demonstrate evidence of workforce training that is consistent with the NSQHS
Standards, Standard 5: Comprehensive Care.
