toileting
Using the bathroom
Toileting is the process of using the toilet or helping someone else use it.
The term appears most often in healthcare and childcare contexts, where assisting with basic bodily functions is routine: The aide helps residents with bathing and toileting.
Toileting also covers the broader process of teaching children to use the toilet independently.
Child-sized toilet
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- accidentsUnintended harmful occurrences
- readinessState of being prepared
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
independence · reinforcement · consistency · schedule · praise · patience · underwear · nighttime
One providing daily assistance
- mobilityCapacity for movement
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- transferMove between locations
commode · bedpan · handrails · hoist · dignity · dependence · positioning · lifting
Expel bodily fluid
urinal · catheter · incontinence · frequency · urgency · retention · bedwetting · leakage
Expel waste from bowels
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- fecesSolid digestive waste
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- voidWithout legal effect
excrete · constipation · poop · diarrhea · regularity · laxative · enema · suppository
Rubbing to clean
- bidetBasin for intimate washing
- handwashingCleaning palms with soap
- cleanlinessAbsence of dirt
- sanitizerAgent that reduces microbes
soap · cleansing · freshness · washing · drying · antibacterial
Urinary tract medicine
- colostomySurgically created bowel outlet
- ostomySurgical opening for excretion
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
- suprapubicAbove the pubic bone
potty
Child-sized toilet
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- accidentsUnintended harmful occurrences
- readinessState of being prepared
milestone · independence · reinforcement · consistency · schedule · praise · patience · underwear · nighttime · regression
caregiver
One providing daily assistance
- mobilityCapacity for movement
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- supportTo uphold or sustain
transfer · commode · bedpan · handrails · hoist · dignity · dependence · positioning · lifting · privacy
urinate
Expel bodily fluid
pee · urinal · catheter · incontinence · frequency · urgency · retention · bedwetting · leakage · dribbling
defecate
Expel waste from bowels
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- fecesSolid digestive waste
- evacuationRemoval from danger
void · excrete · constipation · poop · diarrhea · regularity · laxative · enema · suppository · straining
wiping
Rubbing to clean
- bidetBasin for intimate washing
- handwashingCleaning palms with soap
- cleanlinessAbsence of dirt
sanitizer · soap · cleansing · freshness · washing · drying · antibacterial
urology
Urinary tract medicine
- colostomySurgically created bowel outlet
- ostomySurgical opening for excretion
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
- caregivingcaregiver, take care, nurture, look after, compassionate care
- abilitiesstrength, agility, endurance, flexibility, dexterity
- self-carebathing, self-care, renewal, brushing teeth, bath bombs
- neurorehabstroke recovery, brain injury rehab, balance training, neuroplasticity, functional recovery