Treatment of urinary incontinence among caregiver-dependent adults.

It is estimated that approximately 50% of residents in long-term care settings suffer from urinary incontinence. Developing and implementing a continence program in long-term care settings is one of the most challenging aspects of continence care. Careful assessment of residents will allow interventions to be targeted to those most likely to benefit. The combination of nursing measures and targeting the behavioral interventions to those most likely to benefit increases the likelihood that the program will produce clinically significant reductions in UI.