Wound care in long-term care is crucial. Understand the challenges and discover solutions for better resident health outcomes.
Artificial intelligence tools are dramatically cutting the time needed to diagnose, stage and treat complex wounds in the elderly. Ultimately, the promise of AI could lead to improved wound ...
A lot of things change as you age — from mobility and balance to the strength and elasticity of your skin. As skin becomes ...
For many long-term care facilities, wound care is largely tactical. Treatment protocol is often standardized and focused on the wound at hand. Best practice usually consists of placing medical ...
Years ago, during my "marketing and sales period", a nurse approached me during a break at a seminar to ask my advice about a patient and his wound. Instead of describing the patient and his problems, ...
Wound healing happens in four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. In the inflammation stage, ...
Virtual program will deliver evidence-based learning for clinicians practicing in home-based, post-acute, and community ...
Wound healing is the process that the skin goes through as it repairs damage from wounds. There are three main types of wound healing, known as primary, secondary, and tertiary wound healing. Every ...