RESIDENTIAL MANAGERS EXPERIENCE WITH URINARY-INCONTINENCE IN ELDERLY TENANTS

Landlords are important ''gatekeepers'' for frail elderly tenants incl uding those with urinary incontinence (UI). Interviews with 34 landlor ds reveal that most have dealt with problems of UI. Whereas most resid ential managers help incontinent tenants, some landlords are rejecting them Rejection of older incontinent tenants occurs most often in resi dential hotels, in for-profit buildings, in buildings with more male t han female tenants and in cares of alcoholism or dementia Incontinence cases that were not solved and remained public were considered approp riate for eviction or placement in more restrictive living environment s. Thus UI is a condition that compromises continued community living among certain older renters.