Adults – Resources

Bladder and Bowel Resources for Adults

Welcome to our resources for bladder and bowel problems in adults. Please browse the useful information on here that ranges from practical hints and tips about factual information on clinical conditions that affect the bladder and bowel.

These leaflets are produced by Specialist Nurses who have a wealth of knowledge in the continence speciality. The information is extremely useful to individuals who are experiencing bladder or bowel problems, their family members and carers and healthcare professionals.

The resources for bladder and bowel problems are constantly under review to ensure they are accurate and contain the most up to date information.

Bladder resources

Discussing Mitrofanoff

Discussion about Supra pubic catheter

 Easy Read Bedwetting

 Healthy Bladder and Bowels – fluid advice

Bowel resources

 Discussing Constipation in Adults

 Easy Read Constipation Booklet

 Facts About Constipation

 Healthy Bowel – A guide to a healthy diet and dietary fibre

 Healthy Bladder and Bowels – fluid advice

 Understanding Constipation in People with Learning Difficulties – Identification & Treatment

General resources

 Going Out with Confidence

 Practical Guide to the Use of Incontinence Pads

  Practical Help – Hygiene

  Sport and Continence

 Toileting Aids

Urinals on Prescription with Photos

Useful links to NICE guidance on bladder and bowel conditions

 Adult Continence

Faecal Incontinence

 IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)

 IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)

 Lower Urinary tract symptoms

 Urinary Incontinence

 Urinary Tract Infections

Other continence documents

 Guidance for the Provision of Containment Products for Adult Incontinence – a consensus document 2017

 https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/excellence-in-continence-care.pdf