Promoting Continence and Managing Incontinence with People with Dementia Living at Home: One More Challenge for Integration

Abstract

Mental health problems in old age have attracted policy attention in the UK over the past decade. An important issue is how to improve services for people who have both mental health and other problems. This article sets out some of the challenges facing planners and commissioners in developing integrated services for older adults, by using the case study of people with dementia and incontinence problems. It uses integrated service models and observations from the EVIDEM‐C study to suggest some incremental actions that would help develop the long‐term strategy for integrated services.

Citation

Drennan, V. and Cole, L. (2009), "Promoting Continence and Managing Incontinence with People with Dementia Living at Home: One More Challenge for Integration", Journal of Integrated Care, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/14769018200900004