Incontinence in palliative care: assessment to promote dignity.

Jackson, D

Incontinence in palliative care: assessment to promote dignity.

Jackson, D

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Publisher:: Mark Allen Group
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Br J Community Nurs, 2022, 27, (5), pp. 242-250
Issue Date:: 2022-05-02

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dc.contributor.author	Jackson, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5252-5325
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-27T00:29:47Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-27T00:29:47Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05-02
dc.identifier.citation	Br J Community Nurs, 2022, 27, (5), pp. 242-250
dc.identifier.issn	1462-4753
dc.identifier.issn	2052-2215
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/168500
dc.description.abstract	This article will explore the district nurse (DN) role in caring for palliative service users and their responsibility to prepare them and their family members to understand the trajectory of their prognosis and the possible decline in urinary function and incontinence. Educating DNs to advise service users in appropriate management options and collaborating with the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to ensure service users' individual goals and aims are followed as closely as possible. Urinary incontinence (UI) is not a natural part of the ageing process, although the prevalence of UI is increased as people age, through multi-morbidities, polypharmacy, cognitive decline, mobility limitations or life-limiting conditions. UI affects an individual's dignity and can cause a negative impact on self-esteem, and it is often accompanied by a perceived stigma that can lead to anxiety, depression and a reluctance to ask for help and advice.
dc.format	Print
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Mark Allen Group
dc.relation.ispartof	Br J Community Nurs
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.12968/bjcn.2022.27.5.242
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1110 Nursing
dc.subject.mesh	Anxiety
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Palliative Care
dc.subject.mesh	Prevalence
dc.subject.mesh	Quality of Life
dc.subject.mesh	Respect
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.mesh	Urinary Incontinence
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Urinary Incontinence
dc.subject.mesh	Palliative Care
dc.subject.mesh	Prevalence
dc.subject.mesh	Anxiety
dc.subject.mesh	Quality of Life
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.mesh	Respect
dc.subject.mesh	Anxiety
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Palliative Care
dc.subject.mesh	Prevalence
dc.subject.mesh	Quality of Life
dc.subject.mesh	Respect
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.mesh	Urinary Incontinence
dc.title	Incontinence in palliative care: assessment to promote dignity.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	27
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1110 Nursing
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
dc.date.updated	2023-03-27T00:29:46Z
pubs.issue	5
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	27
utslib.citation.issue	5

Abstract:

This article will explore the district nurse (DN) role in caring for palliative service users and their responsibility to prepare them and their family members to understand the trajectory of their prognosis and the possible decline in urinary function and incontinence. Educating DNs to advise service users in appropriate management options and collaborating with the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to ensure service users' individual goals and aims are followed as closely as possible. Urinary incontinence (UI) is not a natural part of the ageing process, although the prevalence of UI is increased as people age, through multi-morbidities, polypharmacy, cognitive decline, mobility limitations or life-limiting conditions. UI affects an individual's dignity and can cause a negative impact on self-esteem, and it is often accompanied by a perceived stigma that can lead to anxiety, depression and a reluctance to ask for help and advice.

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