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What Is a Continence Assessment?
Continence challenges affect people of all ages and all disabilities. They affect daily life in ways that are often invisible to everyone except the person living with them, and the family or carers around them.
If you've been looking for a continence specialist on the South Coast
who genuinely understands that Bright Lives is here. We deliver specialist telehealth continence assessments for people in Nowra, the Shoalhaven, and across the South Coast - for children and adults, across all disabilities.
Whether you're NDIS-funded or paying privately. No travel. No waiting rooms. No disruption to routine. Just thorough, unhurried clinical support, from home.
Who We Support?
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Continence challenges can affect anyone. We provide assessments for:
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Children and young people with autism, ADHD, intellectual disability, and other neurodivergent profiles
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Adults with acquired brain injury, spinal cord and neurological conditions, physical disability, intellectual disability, or psychosocial disability
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Older adults experiencing changes in continence related to ageing, illness, or disability
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Anyone whose continence challenges are affecting their daily functioning, independence, dignity, or participation in everyday life
You don't need a specific diagnosis to access a continence assessment. If continence is affecting how someone is able to live their daily life, that's the reason to reach out.
What we look at - and why it matters
A continence assessment with Bright Lives is not a tick-box process.
Our Clinical Nurse Consultant looks at the full picture of what's driving the challenge. ​
Because continence is almost never just about the bladder or bowel in isolation.
We assess:
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Bladder and bowel function - what's happening clinically
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Functional daily life impact - how continence challenges are affecting the person's ability to participate in everyday activities, relationships, work, school, and community life
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Sensory processing and interoception - how well the person recognises and responds to internal body signals
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Anxiety, routine, and environmental factors
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Communication and support needs
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Current products and whether they're the right fit
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The clinical report documents all of this, the person's functional needs, the strategies that will actually help, and appropriate product recommendations. For NDIS participants, it supports funding applications and plan reviews. For everyone, it gives you a clear, evidence-based picture of what's needed and why.
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why choose us?
Why Families Choose Our Service
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Experienced clinician-led assessments
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Evidence-based approach
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Neurodiversity-affirming practice
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Clear, practical recommendations
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Responsive and supportive communication
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NDIS participants
For participants with continence supports in their NDIS plan, the assessment is fully covered. We bill at the NDIS Clinical Nurse Consultant rate. No out-of-pocket costs for eligible participants.
Not sure if your plan covers a continence assessment? Get in touch before you book, and we'll work through it with you.
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Private pay
You don't need an NDIS plan to access a continence assessment. We see privately-funded clients at our standard clinical rate, the same rate for everyone, regardless of how they're funded.
If cost is a concern, please reach out. We'll always have an honest conversation about what's possible.