Understanding Barriers to Continence Care in Institutions

Autor/inn/en	Tannenbaum, Cara; Labrecque, Danielle; Lepage, Christiane
Titel	Understanding Barriers to Continence Care in Institutions
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal on Aging, 24 (2005) 2, S.151-159 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0714-9808
Schlagwörter	Older Adults; Health Personnel; Health Services; Foreign Countries; Residential Institutions; Residential Care; Institutionalized Persons; Caregiver Role; Caregivers; Work Environment; Caregiver Attitudes; Canada; Canada (Montreal) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Älterer Erwachsener; Medizinisches Personal; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Ausland; Wohnumgebung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Arbeitsmilieu; Kanada
Abstract	This work seeks to identify factors that facilitate or diminish care-providers' propensity to improve continence care in long-term care (LTC) settings. We conducted a cross-sectional qualitative study using focus group methodology in four long-term care institutions in Montreal, QC. Forty-two nurses, nursing assistants, and orderlies caring for incontinent elderly residents were asked how they perceived urinary incontinence (UI), how it was being managed, and what factors enabled or hindered continence care in their institution. Content analysis was used. Facilitating and inhibiting elements of three individual/internal factors (beliefs about UI, attitudes towards the elderly, and knowledge about UI) and five institutional/external factors (workload demands, type of patient, environmental support, co-worker support, and attributes of UI interventions) emerged as important determinants of care-providers' propensity to manage UI. To be successful, continence programs must target multidimensional elements that take into account personal, systems, and organizational level factors. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10