It is probably what you can deal with now. I had a 20 year old cat and he was urinary incontinent for a long time before he went to the rainbow bridge. He had a wet bottom a lot and I washed him in the bathtub regularly so that he would not get too sore from the urine. I would just was his behind area and his legs where the urine would concentrate. He did not fight it as I think it soothed him.

I washed I don't know how many towels every day as wherever he slept would get wet; I also bought those doggie piddle pads and put those under the towels so that the furniture or wherever he layed did not get ruined. I did give him a cat box in the house on the same floor as he was but I did not have trouble with multiple cats. He still tried to use the catbox until he was ready to go.

He finally got really weak in the last week, lost his hearing, and did not eat much. He finally stopped eating and one morning he did not get up out of his bed in front of the fireplace at all so he finally said that he was ready to go. He was very sweet and did not want to give up - he was a very happy kitty.

When we left to go somewhere, I had a very good friend who loves kitties who would take care of him as if he were her own. So, if you can keep your kitty at home and get someone to come in and stay with him/her while you are gone or at least spend a lot of time with him/her, that would probably be best. The boarding is really hard on them when they are old.