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