Four care homes sign up to city-wide crackdown on bed sores

[dutchman]

Four Coventry care homes have become the first to be accredited in a city-wide bid to crack down on bed sores.



Pressure ulcers are estimated to cost the NHS up to £2billion a year in care costs and are extremely painful - but around 95 per cent are avoidable.

All care homes are being encouraged to take part in the React to Red scheme, which is being run in partnership by Coventry health organisations, Coventry City Council and national charity Your Turn.

The React to Red campaign builds on the success of the scheme at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire and is targeting care homes.

So far more than a third – or 536 – carers in care homes across Coventry have taken part in the training.

The campaign highlights how reacting to red skin over bony areas and asking for help and advice from a healthcare professional can often stop red skin becoming a serious wound.

Often these pressure ulcers are painful, wet and sore and can become serious if they get infected.

Homes where more than 75 per cent of staff have completed training contributes to care home accreditation.

Arden Park in Wyken, Charnwood House in Radford, Humber Court in Abbey Park and Grove House in Keresley are the first to be accredited.

Dr Adrian Canale-Parola, chairman of the NHS Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group hopes more homes will be accredited in the future.

He said: “The aim of the campaign is to educate as many people as possible about the dangers of pressure ulcers and the simple steps that can be taken to avoid them as they are a lot easier to prevent than treat once established.

“It is not compulsory to sign up to the programme but we would like all care homes to do so, to demonstrate their understanding of the importance of prevention of pressure ulcers, and the part they can play in avoiding the significant pain and suffering in their residents that pressure ulcers will inevitably bring.”

Dr Canale-Parola added: “The public can play their part too so if you are looking at a friend or relative going into a care home, ask them about what they are doing as part of the React to Red scheme.”

[Melisandre]

Including zinc in your diet helps your skin repair broccoli contains zinc, sugar destroys the largest organ of the body (the skin), they should change their diets in oap homes and hospitals as lots of foods contain sugar now . Aloe Vera is good for the bed sores and skin I use it my self with vaseline spray to prevent bed sores I eat broccoli every day as well.