Improvement of pressure ulcer prevention care in private for-profit residential care homes: an action research study

Abstract Background A need exits to develop a protocol for preventing pressure ulcers (PUs) in private for-profit nursing homes in Hong Kong, where the incidence of PUs is relatively high and which have high proportion of non-professional care staff. The implementation of such protocol would involve...

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Main Authors: Enid WY Kwong, Maria SY Hung, Kevin Woo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-016-0361-8