The future beckons
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Around 23% of people over the age of 40 in the UK have problems with incontinence, according to a recent survey. This percentage appears to have grown, but this is probably due to the fact that sufferers are increasingly open about discussing the problem with their doctor. The perception that incontinence can be managed, and with dignity, has developed both in the medical profession and the general population only since the mid-1970s. One organisation which has been at the centre of this development is the Association for Continence Advisers which was established in 1981.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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Proving that community nursing works
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Many UK community care schemes have been withdrawn or reduced because service purchases have no hard evidence to support the expenditure of money on something which is unquantifiable. Community nurses need to ensure they have reliable methods to show the work they do makes an important difference. Effective support given to breast-feeding mothers could be measured by how long mothers continued to feed, with this information then being used to justify the service to other mothers. Community nurses need to constantly assess their work by looking for quantifying methods.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Outreach for prevention
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Incontinence is a delicate subject, with many sufferers being unwilling to discuss their problems. Since 1993, the U.K. Department of Health, together with charitable foundations, has been involved in national awareness campaigns in order to lift the taboo associated with incontinence. Most activities are locally-based and include posters, information packs and public displays in stores. Over 3 million adults and 500,000 children in the U.K. suffer from continence problems, but the majority of cases can be cured.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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