JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35 , January 2008

Urinary Incontinence: A Neglected Geriatric Syndrome in Nursing Facilities

  • Larry W. Lawhorne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Larry W. Lawhorne, MD, Department of Geriatrics, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, 627 Edwin C. Moses Boulevard, Fifth Floor, East Medical Plaza, Dayton, OH 45408.
    • ,
  • Joseph G. Ouslander, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Center for Health and Aging, Emory University School of Medicine and the Birmingham/Atlanta VA GRECC, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Patricia A. Parmelee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Emory University School of Medicine and Birmingham/Atlanta VA GRECC, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Barbara Calabrese, RN, BA

      Affiliations

    • American Medical Directors Association Foundation, Columbia, MD.

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 The authors acknowledge members of the AMDA Foundation Research Network and in particular members of the work group on urinary incontinence: Elizabeth Baum (Canton, OH), J. Kenneth Brubaker (Mt. Joy, PA), Colene Byrne (Albany, NY), Khaled Imam (Royal Oak, MI), Kristijan Kahler (Novartis, East Hanover, NJ), Linda Keilman (East Lansing, MI), Betsy Kemeny (Grove City, PA), Janet Lieto (Cherry Hill, NJ), June McKoy (Chicago, IL), and Douglas Scharre (Columbus, OH).

PII: S1525-8610(07)00354-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.08.003

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Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35 , January 2008

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