Over 13 million Americans currently struggle with incontinence while the most prevalent form, geriatric incontinence, exists in over 50% of the elderly pop. MCKNIGHT’S LONG-TERM CARE NEWS; ...

A bladder diary is recommended to assess urinary incontinence. ... N.M. & Yalla, S.V. (1985). Management of Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly. New England Journal of Medicine, 313(800-804).

Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, A-1302, Medical Center North Nashville, TN 37232, USA Tel.: +1 615 343 5602 Fax: +1 615 322 8990 roger.dmochowski@vanderbilt ...

Although conditions such as incontinence and falls have been studied extensively, the total impact of geriatric conditions on health and disability in the older adult population has not been ...

Incontinence, falling and cognitive impairment have been recognised as ‘geriatric syndromes’ for many years (Reuben, 1991). They often result from the accumulated effect of impairments in multiple ...

Urinary incontinence is a common and often distressing issue, particularly among adults over 60.Although it’s not an inevitable part of ageing, the likelihood of experiencing incontinence does ...

Richard W. Besdine, MD, of Brown University, wrote in the Merck Manual for medical information, that geriatrics refers to “medical care for older adults, an age group that is not easy to define ...

They had higher rates of cognitive and visual impairment and urinary incontinence. And they were more likely to fall and to be depressed. "Usually, we think of geriatric conditions as affecting much ...

Geriatric syndrome is the presence of concomitant medical conditions that are affected by many factors ... cognitive impairment, pressure ulcers, polypharmacy, urinary incontinence, insomnia ...

People over the age of 65 often wonder if they should start seeing a geriatrician instead of their regular primary care physician, as their health […] ...