A project researching bladder health in women over 60 years old is looking for participants to take part in group research.
Urine leakage is a problem that affects up to 50 per cent of women but many of these women do not seek help of any kind. Even worse, many women think that nothing can be done to either improve their continence, or help them manage their condition more effectively so they don’t ask for help.
In Canada, Dr Cara Tannenbaum has developed some ways of helping women to get the information they need to start improving their situation. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research in partnership with the Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC) of the United Kingdom, the lead research council for the New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) programme has granted research funds to Cara to find out whether women in the UK can benefit from the health education programmes she has developed in Canada.
In collaboration with Eleanor van den Heuvel from Brunel University, West London, a the project is working with community groups to try out three different types of educational activities to help older women to get the help that they need to improve their health and continence management.
Each group that chooses to help would be randomly assigned one of the following activities:
- An interactive workshop on memory and bladder health
- A customised self management tool for healthier lifestyles and improving bladder control
- A lecture on general women’s health issues.
For more information or to get involved email Rona Agnew or call her on 0141 273 1459.
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