Supporting continence care for people living at home with dementia
Supporting continence care for people living at home with dementia
This article describes the development of the DemCon website by researchers from the University of Southampton and King’s College London to help health professionals deliver continence support to family carers and people living with dementia at home. The article describes how the website was developed using: a literature review; interviews with health professionals, homecare workers and family carers; and public and stakeholder involvement. It explains how the website is designed to help health professionals initiate conversations with people living with dementia and family carers about continence, and guide them to information to help them manage well.
Continence care; Dementia; Carers
Murphy, Catherine
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Bradbury, Barbara
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Fader, Mandy
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Morrison, Leanne
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Santer, Miriam
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Manthorpe, Jill
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Ward, Jane
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Chester, Helen
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22 April 2024
Murphy, Catherine
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Bradbury, Barbara
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Fader, Mandy
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Morrison, Leanne
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Santer, Miriam
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Manthorpe, Jill
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Ward, Jane
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Chester, Helen
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Murphy, Catherine, Bradbury, Barbara, Fader, Mandy, Morrison, Leanne, Santer, Miriam, Manthorpe, Jill, Ward, Jane and Chester, Helen
(2024)
Supporting continence care for people living at home with dementia.
Nursing Times, 120 (5).
Abstract
This article describes the development of the DemCon website by researchers from the University of Southampton and King’s College London to help health professionals deliver continence support to family carers and people living with dementia at home. The article describes how the website was developed using: a literature review; interviews with health professionals, homecare workers and family carers; and public and stakeholder involvement. It explains how the website is designed to help health professionals initiate conversations with people living with dementia and family carers about continence, and guide them to information to help them manage well.
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Published date: 22 April 2024
Keywords:
Continence care; Dementia; Carers
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Local EPrints ID: 497188
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/497188
ISSN: 0954-7762
PURE UUID: 32fc86d2-cc28-490c-abb8-b2e51af2a6b3
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Last modified: 16 Apr 2025 02:11
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Author:
Barbara Bradbury
Author:
Jill Manthorpe
Author:
Jane Ward
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Helen Chester
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