One or more of these factors can play a part in continence problems in people with dementia.
- Inadequate hydration
- Inability to request assistance
- Lack of recognition of early urges to go
- Inability to remember what is wanted
- Inability to recognise a toilet
- Poor visibility of toilets
- Poor access to toilets
- Mobility restrictions
- Inadequate history or charting of a person
- Medications such as anti-cholinergics, sedatives, diuretics and atropinic drugs
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