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URINARY INCONTINENCE IN ELDERLY Introduction Urinary incontinence is very common in the elderly; so common that it is socially viewed as a 'normal' aspect of ageing and is thus underreported (Coppola et al, 2002). Although urinary incontinence does increase with age, it's absence in over half of women suggests that it not a part of normal ageing (Conner & Lind, 2001). According to Resnick (1988) and Miller (2003), detrusor instability (also known as overactive bladder) is the most common form of urinary incontinence in the elderly. It presents with symptoms of increased frequency of micturition (>8 micturitions/24hrs) and urgency to pass urine while only passing small amounts at a time (Lee et al, 2002). Studies using urodynamics have demonstrated such sufferers usually have no sensation of the bladder filling-up or any activity of the detrusor muscle until, at a certain bladder volume, an involuntary detrusor contraction occurs and subsequent urine leakage may prevail...

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