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17/10/2025

💜 It’s World Menopause Day! (18 October)

This year’s theme is Lifestyle Medicine – all about how the way we eat, move, rest, and manage stress can make a big difference to how we feel through menopause. 🌿

Menopause can sometimes affect bladder and bowel health too – things like hormonal changes, pelvic floor strength, or tissue support.

But here’s the thing 👉 you’re not alone, and there are ways to support your continence and feel more confident every day – small changes can make a big difference 👇
✨ Pelvic floor support
✨ Healthy habits
✨ Talking with your GP or physio

💡 Check out our practical info and tips here:
continence.org.nz/adults-information/menopause-and-continence

📞 Need someone to talk to? Call our free helpline: 0800 650 659

11/10/2025

Sometimes bladder or bowel leakage isn’t caused by the bladder or bowel itself. Instead, aspects of physical ability, cognition, or communication, among other things, can increase the chance of toileting accidents.

For example:
• Mobility: arthritis or stroke may affect how quickly or easily a person can get to and onto the toilet.
• Managing clothing: joint stiffness, muscle weakness, or rigidity can make it harder to undo buttons or pull down underwear.
• Communication: someone may not be able to express their need to use the toilet.

By understanding these factors, we can reduce stigma, create more supportive environments, and help people maintain dignity and independence. 💙

🌍 Awareness Days:
• World Arthritis Day – 12 October (www.eular.org/world-arthritis-day-general-information)
• World Stroke Day – 29 October (www.world-stroke.org/world-stroke-day-campaign)

08/10/2025

Supporting parents with practical pelvic health guidance. 🌿

Our updated Pregnancy Guide (2025 edition) is here! Created with pelvic health experts and informed by feedback from readers, it’s designed to empower expectant and new parents with clear steps, real stories, and trusted advice on bladder, bowel, and pelvic health.

The guide:
• Provides self-check tools & practical charts
• Connects parents to extra learning resources
• Helps people feel supported, informed, and in control

📥 Download free or order copies: continence.org.nz/adults-information/pregnancy-guide

05/10/2025

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week 💙 – a time to connect, support, and kōrero openly.

Living with incontinence can feel isolating, but you are not alone. Our new guide shares honest stories, helpful resources, and practical steps to support both physical and mental wellbeing.

🌸 You Are Not Alone: Personal Stories & How to Get Help is free to download and share.

👉 Access it here: continence.org.nz/resources/you-are-not-alone-personal-stories-and-how-to-get-help

Learn more about Mental Health Awareness Week: mhaw.nz

03/10/2025

We’re excited to announce that Continence NZ is now on Instagram! 🎉

Our goal is to create a safe, supportive space where we can share continence information, practical resources, and education opportunities.

Whether you’re looking for guidance, updates, or simply reassurance that you’re not alone – this is a place for you. 💜

📲 Follow us and help us spread the word!

01/10/2025

1 October is the International Day of Older Persons 🌿 – a chance to celebrate and support the wellbeing of older people in our communities. This International Day of Older Persons, we'd like to ask you to help shape our new guide for older people 🧡

We’re creating a new resource to support and empower older people with their bladder and bowel health – and we want to hear from you!

By sharing your experiences, ideas, or questions, you’ll help us make this guide practical, empowering, and reflective of real voices from our community alongside expert knowledge.

📝 Complete the short survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LBF7RDY

Every response makes a difference. 💙

👉 Learn more about the day: un.org/en/observances/older-persons-day
👉 Explore our Care Pathway for Older People here: continence.org.nz/care-pathways

30/09/2025

21 September was World Alzheimer’s Day 💜 – a time to raise awareness and challenge stigma around Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Continence is often an overlooked but important part of dementia care. Our Dementia & Continence training provides practical knowledge and strategies to support those living with dementia and their whānau.

👉 Learn more and enrol here: continencenz.thinkific.com/courses/dementia

More about World Alzheimer’s Day: alz.org/about/awareness-initiatives/world-alzheimers-day

30/09/2025

As Blue September comes to a close, we’re joining the movement to raise awareness for prostate cancer and men’s health. 💙

Continence is an important part of wellbeing – and for men affected by prostate cancer, understanding pelvic floor health can make a real difference.

We’ve developed an online training course on Prostate Cancer & Pelvic Floor Muscles, designed for Prost-FIT trainers but open to anyone with an interest in the topic.

👉 Learn more and enrol here: continencenz.thinkific.com/courses/PC-PFMs

Discover more about Blue September: blueseptember.org.nz

15/09/2025

Kia kaha te reo Māori! 🌿

This Māori Language Week (14–20 September), we celebrate te reo as a taonga for everyone in Aotearoa.

To support our community, Continence NZ has some of our most popular continence resources translated into te reo Māori – because information should be empowering and accessible to all whānau. 🤍

👉 Download here: continence.org.nz/translations/translation-te-reo-maori

Discover more about Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: reomaori.co.nz

27/08/2025

📩 Our spring e-newsletter is out now! Check your inboxes if you've already subscribed to our updates, otherwise you can view our e-newsletter here bit.ly/cnzspring2025 or join our mailing list here https://mailchi.mp/continence/newsletter

13/08/2025

It's (Te Wiki Hauora Wāhine)!

Women's Health Week is dedicated to empowering all wāhine to priotirise their health and wellbeing. Find out more here: www.womenshealthweek.nz/

To help achieve this for women with incontinence, we've developed our new Care Pathway for Women, which guides you to recognise incontinence symptoms, learn self-management techniques, find out treatment options, and where to go for professional support in New Zealand. Download it here: www.continence.org.nz/care-pathways

We also have Care Pathways for men, children, older people, and disabled people, so be sure to check those out too!

10/08/2025

If you or someone you love is having bladder and/or bowel issues, finding out what to look for, what to do, and/or where you can go for help can be really stressful. Our new Care Pathway documents aim to make things easier by guiding you to recognise symptoms, learn self-management techniques, find out treatment options, and where to go for professional support in New Zealand.

We have care pathways for women, men, children, older people, and disabled people.

Download them on our website here: https://www.continence.org.nz/care-pathways

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