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Improving and maintaining faecal continence in people with dementia being cared for at home

This project focused on people with dementia being cared for at home, amongst whom loss of faecal continence is a major factor in eventual institutionalisation. It provided individual faecal continence assessment and care planning, carer education and support in maintaining faecal continence and ongoing monitoring of outcomes.

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Page last updated 21 Jan 2009