Identify and review factors affecting the ability to be active: temperature extremes, inadequate food intake, insomnia, use of medications, time of day.
Determine the need for walking aids. Provide braces, walkers, or wheelchairs. Review safety considerations.
Note reports of urinary frequency, urgency, burning, incontinence, nocturia, and size or force of the urinary stream. Palpate bladder after voiding.
Institute bladder training program or timed voidings as appropriate. Helps restore adequate bladder functioning; lessens the complications.
Provide information in varied formats depending on the patient’s cognitive or perceptual abilities and considering the patient’s locus of control.