Continence assessment in long-term care

¹Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust.

Professional Nurse (London, England)

|December 14, 1999

Abstract:

Many continence problems are curable. Elderly people living in long-term care should have their continence assessed. Inappropriately managed incontinence can be unnecessarily costly.

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