Toilet training
As toilet or incontinence or bladder training , the experiment is called, a common, usually with involuntary loss of urine associated voiding the first time, or at a later age again to adapt to the needs of everyday life.
In the narrower sense, it is understood to be a non-drug therapy for urinary incontinence in old age. The aim is to make it possible to go to the toilet to empty the bladder before reaching a critical filling volume and thus before the occurrence of the so-called imperative to urinate with an unwanted urine loss at the inappropriate place or at the inappropriate time. It can only be used if both the cognitive prerequisites and the corresponding flexibility are available. Incidentally, this applies not only to older people, especially those who are suffering from dementia , but also to children with incontinence problems.
Furthermore, it must be considered whether a change in drinking habits (amount and time of fluid intake and possibly avoiding caffeinated drinks with their diuretic effect) and weight loss make sense. The addition of anticholinergics can help increase bladder capacity and urination intervals .
Action
Using a micturition log (micturition diary or calendar), which is used to document the daily frequency of emptying of the bladder, the incontinence episodes, the drinking quantities and the micturition volumes, the person concerned is stopped to go to the toilet or led to the toilet as soon as possible before an imperative to urinate occurs.