A client presents with senile dementia, Alzheimer's type (SDAT), and incontinence. Which therapy will best help this client?
a. Bladder training
b. Habit training
c. Exercise therapy
d. Electrical stimulation
B
Habit training is the type of bladder training that will be most effective with cognitively impaired clients. Bladder training can be used only with a client who is alert, aware, and able to resist the urge to urinate. Exercise therapy may be too difficult for the cognitively impaired client to grasp, and electrical stimulation will be traumatic for this client.
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