Incontinence: Non-Neurogenic Urinary Incontinence In Adults​

Course Description

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a significant disorder, costing billions of dollars annually to treat, having the potential to progress to even more severe health consequences and causing serious disruption to the health, social, and emotional well-being of those who suffer from it. The incidence is growing and physical and occupational therapy clinicians have been and can continue to be in the forefront in providing effective treatments for incontinence. This course is designed to introduce PTs, PTAs, OTs and OTAs to the types and causes of incontinence, and the treatments and resources therapists can provide to those patients experiencing it. The course is useful for those working in skilled nursing facilities, home health, acute care and outpatient clinics. (This course does not include instruction in EMG, electrical stimulation or biofeedback, which require formal training.)

Course Objective

  • At the completion of this course, the therapist will be able to:
  • 1. Define incontinence
  • 2. Identify basic anatomy of the systems that maintain continence
  • 3. Compare pelvic floor muscles and synergistic muscles that maintain continence
  • 4. Identify the types of incontinence and list the primary causes and risk factors for each
  • 5. Differentiate between transient and chronic urinary incontinence
  • 6. Discuss the role of physical and occupational clinicians in treating adults with non-neurogenic
  • urinary incontinence
  • 7. Identify which surveys and questionnaires are available to assess type and severity of UI and discuss
  • effectiveness of treatments
  • 8. Identify functional tests used to determine impact of mobility on continence
  • 9. Identify the components of a pelvic floor muscle assessment
  • 10. Recognize the side effects of the drugs your patients may be taking and the impact they may have
  • on your intervention
  • 11. Explain how to use bladder diaries and timed voiding schedules
  • 12. Discuss which topics to include in caregiver training
  • 13. Discuss how healthcare setting influences treatment options

Course Price

International Price  $65.00/-

But, at IACP

Special Price  $39.00/-

Use Code IACP40 at Checkout