Caring with Dignity: A Caregiver’s Guide to Incontinence

Caring with Dignity: A Caregiver’s Guide to Incontinence by Michele Mongillo

Every caregiver deserves the tools and guidance to provide care with confidence and compassion.

My amazing friend Michele Mongillo, First Quality’s Senior Clinical Director, has written a wonderful resource called Caring with Dignity: A Caregiver’s Guide to Incontinence. It’s a thoughtful, practical “how-to” guide that helps caregivers provide incontinence care while honoring the dignity of the person they’re supporting. It’s designed to make care simpler, so you can focus on what matters most supporting the well-being of your patients or loved ones.

Caregiving is a labor of love—but it’s not without its challenges. Like many of you, I’ve served as a caregiver both professionally and for a loved one. One of the most difficult aspects of the role can be managing incontinence care. From finding the right products to providing care with confidence and compassion, it’s so much easier when you have the right tools and guidance.

For professional caregivers, this resource can help:

• Strengthen the quality of care you provide

• Streamline onboarding and training for staff

• Support open, compassionate conversations with residents and families

• Boost staff engagement, satisfaction and help prevent burnout

When Michele told me she was writing a book about incontinence, and why she was writing it - I was not surprised! I met her many years ago when we were region nurses and her compassion and commitment for the patients we served was always uplifting. I love this sentence in the book that says, “Incontinence doesn’t define a person-it’s just one part of life’s journey many of us will experience.”

Thank you Michele for this heartfelt book for patients, families and caregivers.

Learn more about Caring with Dignity here.