Background: The International Continence Society (ICS) defines urinary incontinence (IU) as the involuntary leakage of urine through the urethra. In both men and women, age is a consistent risk factor for developing IU, however, it is not considered a normal consequence of aging. Overall, IU develops in up to 30% of community-dwelling seniors and more than 50% of nursing home residents. It is about 2-3 times more common in women than in men until the age of 80, after which the rates of IU are similar. Although numerous definitions and theories of QoL have been proposed, a systematic review of the opinions of the elderly themselves is lacking. It is necessary to know what the elderly consider important in life in order to align the goals of care services with their expectations. Aim: The aim of the research is to investigate the types of incontinence in residents of homes for the elderly and infirm and the connection between incontinence and their quality of life. Hypotheses: More than 50% of respondents of homes for the elderly and infirm have urinary incontinence. In women in the sample, stress incontinence is more common, and urgent incontinence is equally represented in both sexes. In residents of homes for the elderly and infirm, in whom urinary incontinence is present, the quality of life is worse compared to residents who do not have incontinence. Methods: The research was conducted in the institutions for the elderly and infirm Family Home "Pongračić" and the Home for the Elderly Infirm "Ivana" in the time period from June 1 to July 1, 2022 using the Questionnaire entitled "Questionnaire on symptoms of the lower urinary tract of the international consortium on incontinence - quality of life module (ICIQ-LUT Sqol)" which is based on the King's Health Questionnaire group of authors King's College Hospital London. Results: The percentage of women with incontinence varies from 35% (urgent) to 52% (stress incontinence). Most of the respondents suffer from a mixed type of incontinence. Urgency can be recognized in 35% of women and 50% of men, stress incontinence in 52% of women and 7% of men, overflow incontinence in 4% of women and 36% of men, and reflex incontinence in 9% of women and 7% of men. Stress incontinence is the most common in women, and urge incontinence in men. The most common comorbidities of users with urinary incontinence are diabetes (32%) and hypertension (35%). The quality of life reduction index for the total population ranged from 0 to 10 (4.8±3.4) with a median value of 5. Disturbances are slightly more pronounced in women (5.1±4.2) than in men (4.2 ±3.2), but this difference was not statistically significant. For the two youngest groups, the index is equal to zero, and the highest is for the age group from 51 to 60 years old (5.4±3.3) and the median value is 7. This difference between the age groups proved to be statistically significant (p=0.0401 ). The index of reduction in quality of life due to problems with urination is statistically significantly (p=0.0000) lower in people with some type of incontinence (3.9±3.2) compared to those without incontinence (6.6±2.9). Conclusion: Hypothesis 1 is not accepted because its frequency is 31.9%. Hypothesis 2 is partially accepted because stress incontinence is indeed the most common in women (52%), while urgent incontinence is represented in slightly more than a third of women (35%) and even half of men (50%). A good, statistically significant correlation between the predictor variables and the index of reduction in quality of life due to problems with urination was confirmed, and of the four predictor variables, only age and associated diseases have a statistically significant contribution to the overall correlation, thus confirming the third hypothesis that residents with urinary incontinence have worse quality of life compared to those who do not.