title: Pressure sore prevention in nursing homes.
abstract: Staff working in nursing homes are caring for increasingly dependent residents who are consequently at great risk of developing pressure sores. Mary Clay offers a guide to the essential principles of pressure sore prevention as a teaching aid for all caring staff.
authors.affiliation: Moorlands Nursing Home, Lightwater, Surrey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clay
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001513:Beds / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution; D015984:Causality; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000150:complications; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009735:Nursing Homes; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D011187:Posture; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications