This webinar explores treatment options and continence implications following a prostate cancer diagnosis. We will look at: 

• Options for treating and supporting continence in decision making pre-prostatectomy
• Continence and erectile dysfunction as considerations of treatment and management 
• Pelvic floor care before surgery and after
• Practical management of bladder or bowel side effects.

Tuesday 27 July, 6:30pm AEST

The Continence Foundation of Australia invites you to attend a special event which will be online ‘A post Aged Care Royal Commission review on improving continence care'.  

Expert speakers will present the current state of play and discuss the future direction of providing evidence-based best practice continence services in residential aged care facilities. 

Our expert panel members are:

• Bethia Wilson – Foundation Patron and Consumer Advisory committee
  A consumer perspective to finding residential care with suitable continence practice
• Michael Murray – Geriatrician and Chair Continence Foundation 
  Continence Foundation’s submission to the commission and expectations of levels of continence care.
• Craig Gear – Older Persons Advocacy Network CEO
  Charter of Aged Care Rights and Aged Care Quality Standards
• Joan Ostaszkiewicz – NARI Aged Care Research Program Director –
  Best practice Model of Continence Care for Residential Aged care

A must-attend for anyone working in the aged care sector.

In this webinar we will explore consumer experiences when interacting with Health Professionals for their continence care. We will look at the clinical and emotional needs of patients and discuss the mechanisms to deliver person-centred care particularly where there are multiple and ongoing clinical interactions.

In this webinar we will be discussing pharmacology and incontinence.  Pharmacists Brad Butt and Kirilos Wasef will present information on effective medications for different types of incontinence and the various needs of consumers. We will cover the pharmacological treatments for those with comorbidities and the impact of polypharmacy. This webinar will provide knowledge for the generalist health professional and those working with high care needs and disability. 

In this webinar we will discuss prolapse and impacts on continence. We will consider the types vaginal and rectal prolapse, risk factors and how to identify who is at risk. Both conservative treatment options and surgical approaches will be considered by our multi-disciplinary panel.

Presenters: Terry Wesselink (Pelvic Health Physiotherapist), Dr Ruchi Singh (Urogynaecologist) and Margaret Wilson (Nurse Continence Specialist).

Australia’s premier multidisciplinary meeting for health professionals working in bladder, bowel and pelvic health dysfunction, hosted by the Continence Foundation of Australia will be held 11-14 May 2022 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

The 30th National Conference on Incontinence (NCOI 2022) will deliver the latest in research from international and Australian experts as well as the most up to date evidence-based best practice. This is a fantastic professional development opportunity for nurses, physiotherapists, medical specialists, researchers, general practitioners, allied health and other health professionals.