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Well, it turns out that although WOC stands for "Wound, Ostomy, and Continence" and although the desription of what a WOC nurse does INCLUDES incontinence and patient education ( "WOC nurses provide direct care to people with abdominal stomas, wounds, fistulas, drains, pressure injuries, and/or continence disorders, and can serve as an educator, consultant, researcher, or administrator."), at Mayo they are apparently only doing it if it is triggered by a wound or a ostomy. Since my husband's incontinence was not triggered by either of them, he cannot get the additional support / education on how to manage his incontinence.

The have referrred him to pelvic floor therapy, which will help in the long term resolution of the problem, but will provide no short term help.

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Thanks for returning to share what you learned, @bucksnort. Sorry that it didn't lead to a more expedient solution. I wonder if this expert blog post offers some tips that may help in the interim:
- Control frequent urges with bladder training https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/take-charge-healthy-aging/newsfeed-post/control-of-frequent-urges-with-bladder-training/

I'm also tagging fellow members @lindes @hmctgraybill51 @jonbuuck @jerryegge @itterac @scullrower @maxvt @web265 who have talked about managing night time urinary incontinence and things that worked for them, both in the short term and long term.