See also: Incontinence Products in our Wellness Store
SEPHIAsChoice
SEPHIA's Choice™ is an online searchable database of professional continence providers for use by consumers, health care professionals and industry leaders. The SEPHIA™ database has been designed with a public interface where single searches can be performed to find very specific services or providers of new treatments in your local area.
The website also offers health professionals, group medical practices and medical institutions the opportunity to perform unlimited searches on an ongoing basis. All searchers are asked to login and anonymous, aggegate information is collected to learn more about the users of the database and their specific information needs.
ContinenceNurse.net -- a website for nurses
Diane Newman's Latest Book:
Managing and Treating Urinary Incontinence, Second Edition
By Diane Kaschak Newman, R.N.C., M.S.N., C.R.N.P., F.A.A.N.
Award Winner (First Edition)
Book of the Year
(Gerontological Nursing, 2002, American Journal of Nursing)
Continence Care Champion
(2002 Award Winner, National Association for Continence)
Urinary incontinence is not an inevitable part of aging, nor is it untreatable once it develops. Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition of a trusted resource teaches diverse and effective strategies for assessing, managing, and even eliminating urinary incontinence in all care settings.
Diane Newman also wrote The Urinary Incontinence Sourcebook for the lay public. It has been an excellent resource for nurses and doctors who care for patients with urinary incontinence or are interested in learning more about the problem. This book is a comprehensive review of the prevalence and impact of urinary incontinence, assessment and evaluation testing, review of pharmacological, surgical and behavioral treatments. This Sourcebook has two chapters on managing urinary incontinence through the use of devices, catheters and products. Two appendices detail manufacturers of products and non-profit consumer groups. You can purchase this book at any bookstore or from SeekWellness.
Helpful Websites:
- Vulvodynia.pl is a website about vulvodynia published in Polish.
- Incontinentie is an incontinence portal in Spanish.
Last updated: August 2009
