Bladder and Bowel Assessments
Spectrum Continence
Continence Nurse Specialist Bladder & Bowel Assessment
Spectrum Continence provides comprehensive bladder and bowel assessments and clinical reports for private clients and NDIS participants. Services are available via home visits on the Central Coast NSW and telehealth to wide community.
Assessments are evidence-based and tailored to individual needs, with clear, practical recommendations to support continence management across the lifespan.
Assessments & Advice (Adults and Children)
We assess and provide management advice for a wide range of bladder and bowel concerns, including:
Neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction
Toileting support and toilet training
Behavioural continence challenges
Catheter assessment and troubleshooting
Continence issues related to neurological, developmental, cognitive, physical, and chronic health conditions
Jacqui practices from a neuro-affirming framework that recognises neurological differences as natural variations in human development, not deficits to be corrected. Her approach is respectful, strengths-based, and tailored to sensory, communication, and processing needs. This perspective is informed not only by extensive clinical experience supporting autistic and ADHD individuals, but also by lived experience raising a neurodiverse family, bringing practical insight, empathy, and authenticity to her continence care.
NDIS & Professional Expertise
Jacqui is a Registered Nurse Continence Specialist with over 20 years’ clinical experience on the Central Coast. She has advanced training in continence assessment and management across adult, aged care and paediatrics.
As Owner and Director of Spectrum Continence, she provides detailed assessments, reports, and recommendations aligned with NDIS requirements and participant goals. She has extensive experience working within the NDIS framework and understands funding criteria and documentation standards.
Professional memberships include:
Continence Nurses Society of Australia (CoNSA)
Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) Urology and Continence Network
Continence Health Australia (CHA)
Assessment Hours
A comprehensive Continence Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) assessment requires a minimum of 4–6 hours to meet accepted clinical standards and NDIS reporting requirements. This allocation encompasses detailed pre-assessment review of medical and allied health documentation, medication history and relevant investigations; comprehensive face-to-face assessment; functional and environmental evaluation; risk assessment (including skin integrity, infection risk, and psychosocial impact); advanced clinical reasoning; and preparation of a structured, evidence-based report with clear, defensible recommendations aligned to participant goals and reasonable and necessary funding criteria.
This timeframe also supports informed prescription of continence consumables, drawing on specialist knowledge of product types, sizing, absorbency levels, skin protection considerations, and supplier options to ensure clinically appropriate and cost-effective recommendations. Additional time may be required for complex presentations, lifelong or disability-related continence needs, behavioural considerations, or multidisciplinary liaison. Provider travel time to appointments is billed separately, in accordance with applicable funding arrangements