Every year there is a regular event which is designed to focus attention on preventing pressure sores. This year, the “World Stop Pressure Sore Day 2016” took place on November 17th. It was organised around the planet by more enlightened health and aged care facilities. Unfortunately, not every hospital or nursing home is quite so enlightened. Despite overall improvements there […]
No More Excuses For Pressure Sores
Importance of Reliable Care Emphasised in Paralysed York Man’s Case
The crucial importance of care workers when it comes to supporting paralysed people, including the prevention of pressure sores, was emphasised in a recent case in York. A man who had been paralysed from the neck downwards and was reliant on regular assistance from care workers found that a private care firm that he had been using suddenly left him […]
U.S. Linen Manufacturer Thinks It Has Achieved a Bedsore Breakthrough
The conventional thinking about bedsores is that they are a preventable symptom of negligence in hospitals and nursing homes. Patients who are unable to move freely themselves spend long hours prone on their beds. The pressure from their bodies against sheets which remain unchanged leads to bedsores. Bedsores are a leading cause of pain and suffering in the elderly and […]
New High-Tech Mattress Not Necessarily Best For Pressure Sores
One of the main reasons for the development of pressure sores is the patient’s lack of ability to be able to transfer pressure from one part of their body to another without help. This means lengthy times are spent taking the weight of the body on one particular side before a health care professional is available to move the patient […]