SAGS 2025 Masterclass: Managing incontinence, skin conditions and pressure care in older persons
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Introduction
Learning objectives
Introduction
This CPD-accredited on-demand activity includes three concise expert talks addressing prevalent but often underreported conditions in older adults.
- Talk 1: A practical approach to urinary and faecal incontinence, including assessment techniques, diagnostic tools, and differentiation of incontinence types.
- Talk 2: Recognition and management of common dermatological conditions in ageing skin.
- Talk 3: A focused discussion on the prevention and management of pressure sores and wounds.
Ideal for all healthcare professionals involved in geriatric care.
Learning objectives
You will learn:
- The diagnosis and management of urinary incontinence, with a special focus on stress and urge incontinence
- Clinical features of common dermatoses occurring in older adults and approaches to the management thereof
- Approaches to prevention of pressure sores and treatment goals based on staging of the ulcer, colour and quantity of exudate, and the presence/absence of infection.
DR SADIA PATEL
Specialist Physician & Geriatrician
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town
DR AMESHIN MOODLEY
Specialist Dermatologist
Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital
Honorary lecturer at UKZN
Durban
DR SAFEEYA OSMAN
Specialist Plastic surgeon
Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital
Honorary lecturer UKZN
Durban
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