Continence Care Options for the Long-Term Care Resident: A Supplement to the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Abstract

Urinary incontinence is a common and important clinical problem in long-term care. The subject deserves treatment as a supplement to the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, the flagship journal for our organization. It is important to primary care physicians involved in long-term care geriatrics as a part of continuity of primary care and for what may be an emerging medical specialty in long-term care geriatrics. In developing this supplement, I have been joined by Karen Prochoda, MD, CMD, an experienced medical director, to discuss the scope of the problem, costs of urinary incontinence, and the impact on residents' quality of life and to elaborate on regulatory issues.