Resources for Patients, Caregivers and Health Care Team Members

Remember that patients who experience incontinence may do so without seeking help for many years. We know that this is unnecessary because there are many viable options to successfully manage incontinence and continue to live full and active lives. Clinicians should make it a point to discuss incontinence with patients in a reassuring and positive way. And there are many resources to help all of these players to address and manage incontinence in a patient-centered manner. This effort can also pay off by preventing complications of incontinence and declines in quality of life. Below is an example of a National Association for Continence patient education piece on bladder retraining. This piece, and others like it, are available at NAFC.org and other online sources.