Choosing products for bladder and bowel control(view report contents)
Helpful organisations
Assist UK
Continence Foundation
ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood
Continence)
Family Trust Fund
Incontact
National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease
Promocon
Useful reading
Assist UK (formerly the Disabled Living Centres Council)
Assist UK can provide details of your local Disabled Living Centre, where
you can see and try out equipment and get advice on how to obtain it.
There are more than 40 centres located around the UK. Many display and
carry information on continence products. An appointment is advisable.
Assist UK
Redbank House
4 St Chad’s Street
Manchester M8 8QA
Tel: 0870 770 2866
Text 0870 770 5813
Fax: 0870 770 2867
e-mail: general.info@assist-uk.org
www.assist-uk.org
The Continence Foundation
The Continence Foundation provides information to the public and professionals; campaigns for and helps to promote better continence services. They have a confidential helpline staffed by specialist nurses.
The Continence Foundation
307 Hatton Square
16 Baldwins Gardens
London EC1N 7RJ
Tel 020 7404 6875
Fax 020 7404 6876
e-mail: continence-help@dial.pipex.com
www.continence-foundation.org.uk
Helpline Tel: 0845 345 0165
Monday to Friday 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence)
ERIC offers information and advice to children, their parents and professionals
on day and night-time wetting and soiling problems. They provide a mail
order service on selected products. Also an interactive CD ROM All
About Nocturnal Enuresis for children and adults, £19.99 (inc. P+P).
ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence)
34 Old School House
Kingswood Road
Bristol
BS15 8DB
Tel: 0117 960 3060
Fax: 0117 960 0401
Helpline: 0845 370 8008 (10am - 4pm Mon-Fri)
Email: enquiries@eric.org.uk
www.eric.org.uk
www.trusteric.org (for
young people)
ERIC maintains a Helpline for children, parents, and professionals.
It has details of specialist enuresis services from the NHS and voluntary groups
such as Treatline, the telephone treatment service for bedwetting.
Family Fund Trust
Family Fund Trust gives financial help to families caring for a disabled
child.
The Family Fund
4 Alpha Court
Monks Cross Drive
York
YO32 9WN
Tel: 0845 130 4542
Fax: 01904 652625
Textphone: 01904 658085
e-mail: info@familyfund.org.uk
www.familyfund.org.uk
Incontact
Incontact
SATRA Innovation Park
Rockingham Rd
Kettering
Northants
NN16 9JH
Tel: 0870 770 3246
Fax: 0870 770 3249
E-mail: info@incontact.org
www.incontact.org
Incontact is a national support
organisation for incontinent people and their carers.
Has a 'Just can't wait' card to allow holders access to toilets in shops, pubs
etc and an online discussion forum.
National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC)
NACC provides information and support to people with these bowel disorders.
4 Beaumont House
Sutton Road
St Albans
Herts AL1 5HH
Tel: 01727 830 038
Fax: 01727 862 550
Information Line: 0845 130 2233 (or 01727 844296)
National Support Line: 0845 130 3344
e-mail: nacc@nacc.org.uk
www.nacc.org.uk
PromoCon
PromoCon promoting continence through product awareness. It has an exhibition,
information and advice on the full range of continence products for all
people interested in continence. It also gives users of products the opportunity
to meet manufacturers and influence product development.
PromoCon - Promoting Continence and Product Awareness
Redbank House
St Chad’s Street
Manchester M8 8QA
Tel 0161 834 2001 (Monday - Friday 10 am - 3 pm)
Fax 0161 214 5961
e mail: promocon@disabledliving.co.uk
www.promocon.co.uk
Treatline
Treatline a confidential postal and telephone clinic for children and
young adults who have bedwetting problems. Alarms are provided and support
given.
38 Woodstock Road East
Begbroke
Oxford
OX5 1RG
Tel 01865 841 420
Back to top
Other disability Organisations
These organisations provide continence information specific to their clients: Age Concern, Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, Help the Aged, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Parkinson's Disease Society, Spinal Injuries Association and the Stroke Association. Ring PromoCon for details or search for the websites of the organisations.
Useful Reading
Please note: the following list was compiled in 2001.
Since then there will be more resources available - check prices and availability
with the organisations listed above.
Send a stamped self-addressed envelope to the Continence Foundation for
lists of their publications and material in ethnic minority languages.
These include:
Free leaflets state which you want and send a stamped
self-addressed envelope (9" x 4" minimum):
The Misbehaving Bladder
The Well Behaved Bladder
The Well Behaved Bowel
Adult Bedwetting Pelvic Floor Exercises
Your Prostate and You
For the following add £1.50 to the price for postage and packing (plus
an extra 75p for each additional book):
Women's Waterworks - Curing Incontinence by Pauline
Chiarelli £4.95 Neen Healthbooks Norfolk (1991)
Coping Successfully with Prostate Problems by
Rosy Reynolds £5.99 Sheldon Press London (1993)
Let's Get Things Moving - Overcoming Constipation
by Pauline Chiarelli and Sue Markham £4.95 Neen Healthbooks Norfolk (1992)
Bowel Control - Information and Practical Advice
by Christine Norton and Dr Michael Kamm £5 Beaconsfield Publishers (1998).
Back to top
PromoCon Fact Sheets
PromoCon Fact Sheets cover a wide range of products and where to get them. Enclose a first class stamp for each fact sheet and a large A4 stamped self-addressed envelope. Address above.
001 Out and About with Confidence - A Travel Pack
002 Washable Continence Pads - Bed, Chair and Bodyworn
003 Accessories to Toilet Training - Enuresis Alarms, Bed and Pants
004 Sleeping Away from Home - with Confidence
005 Pants, Pads and Plugs - for Faecal Incontinence
006 Disposable Continence Pads - Bodyworn
007 Bed Protection - Mattress and Bedding
008 Smells and Stains - Some Practical Tips
Buying my mail order
There are many companies which supply products by mail order. Some supply
only to health professionals and nursing homes. Some supply only certain
types of product. Others sell a wide range of products and direct to the
public. PromoCon can send you lists of any of these. Always check product
details and the total cost - including any VAT, packing and postage -
with the supplier before ordering
Page updated February 2008
Report contents
About
this report
Incontinence:
what does it mean?
Symptoms,
causes and treatments
Getting
help
Tips
for dealing with smells and stains
Products
and tips on choosing them
Alternatives
to the lavatory
Protecting
beds and chairs
Protecting
yourself
Specialist
products
How
your bladder and bowels work
Helpful
organisations
