Ask the treatment expert: What effect does xerosis have on pruritus?
By
Susan Wickard
Sep 01, 2012
Xerosis, dry skin, can cause the skin to become scaly and crack, which increases the skin’s exposure to bacteria. Many factors contribute to dry skin.
Skin protection
May 28, 2008
Q3 Innovations recently release the UV Hawk. The device measures the intensity of ultraviolet light, and helps protect residents’ skin from potentially damaging sunlight. The product offers adjustable...
Ask the treatment expert
By
Donna Sardina
Apr 01, 2008
We have an incontinent resident who frequently has perineal skin breakdown. Would this be considered denuded skin, excoriated skin or should we stage it as a pressure ulcer?
Study pinpoints risk factors for extreme skin fragility in older adults
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 21, 2021
More than a quarter of older patients examined in a rehab facility were found to have dermatoporosis, or dangerously fragile skin. Four key factors were associated with higher odds of having the condition,...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, March 30
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 30, 2021
FDA approves first personalized cell therapy for patients with multiple myeloma … Actinic keratosis, common in elderly, ups risk of skin cancer, study finds … Getting to yes: One nursing home’s mission...
Ask the Care Expert about … ABSSSI
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Oct 06, 2017
What is an ABSSSI? Doctors have been writing this as diagnosis on our post-acute residents.
Meet Joylin Nation, 2022 Hall of Honor inductee
By
C. Max Bachmann
Aug 01, 2022
Joylin Nation describes her father as a man who “would give his all to help others.”
Thin-skinned
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2019
BAndrew Applewhite’s patient had HIV and diabetes. She needed dialysis, but she had used up all the days in her Medicare stay and was discharged from a Texas skilled nursing facility. That the patient...
Skin deep
Mar 19, 2008
Omega Tech Labs’ hand sanitizing product line is affirmed with 99.99%efficacy against bacteria within 15 seconds. Fresh Protect products are still persistent for over four hours after use, according...
Skin in the game
By
John Hall
Jul 17, 2019
Experts tout back-to-basics to reverse skin-care shortfalls.