A bladder diary is a record you keep of when and how much urine (wee) you passed or leaked during the day and overnight. Your health professional will use this information as part of your continence ...
The Continence Foundation of Australia (the Foundation) is a not-for-profit organisation and the national peak body for incontinence prevention, management, education, awareness, information and ...
A new report from Deloitte Access Economics commissioned for the Continence Foundation of Australia, has revealed that the cost of incontinence to Australia in 2023 has increased to $100.4 billion.
This fact sheet explains how pelvic floor muscles work and how they play an important role in bladder and bowel control in both men and women. It identifies if you are at risk of weak pelvic floor ...
This fact sheet explains why women leak urine after childbirth. It describes where the pelvic floor muscles are and how to strengthen them through regular pelvic floor muscle exercises.
20,000 - 60,000 Australian teenagers experience some form of incontinence. These figures include teenagers that experience urinary incontinence (daytime wetting, bedwetting), faecal incontinence ...
Most children have gained daytime bladder control by the age of four. If a child regularly wets during the day after this age professional advice is necessary. The loss of bladder control during the ...
The 2011 Deloitte Access Economics report 'The Economic Impact of Incontinence in Australia' highlights the broader burden faced by the estimated 4.8 million Australians living with incontinence.
Toilet training a child can be challenging. This booklet outlines key steps in helping your child learn how to go to the toilet on their own.
This booklet explains how urinary and faecal incontinence can affect a person's skin. It answers common questions and offers solutions about skin care and incontinence.
This fact sheet provides toileting tips with a series of pictures you can use with children to help you develop their toileting skills.
Pelvic floor muscles help to control bladder and bowel function. This fact sheet explains where the pelvic floor muscles are located in women, what causes them to weaken and how regular pelvic floor ...