Morning Presentations: Sandra Lawton; OBE: What Are The Hygiene Needs of Patients In Hospitals and Community? How Can Nurses Support Patients In Maintaining Personal Hygiene? How Does Bed Bathing Contribute To Maintaining Self-Esteem? What Evidence Supports The Practice of Bed Bathing In Nursing Care? What Are The Key Principles of Bed Bathing Patients? Tamara Backhouse; Senior Research Associate; Overview of Tamara’s background; Pro-CARE study; what dementia is; principles to dementia care; showering; bathing; washing; refusals of care; results of Pro-CARE study; positive interactions and provision of study carer’s guide. Interview with 2 ward managers who have used Eco-Mist patient shower sharing clinical outcome data. Practical afternoon sessions: Sandra Lawton; OBE: Dermatological session - focusing on skin products for washing applying to skin and safety issues re these contamination slippage allergies and fire risk; Tamara Backhouse; Senior Research Associate; Use of Aging suit to provide caregiver empathy for experiencing aging and dementia care.
Medstrom’s clinical team have a wealth of experience in the area of pressure area care and we have developed a range of education opportunities and programmes designed to help raise our customer’s knowledge, understanding and skills.
As an independent product provider we are uniquely placed to offer unbiased education around all product technologies, and we offer this as a complimentary service to our customers.
