title: Older adults and ulcers: chronic wounds in the geriatric population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide the wound care practitioner with information about how chronic wound healing differs in the older adult population.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  After participating in this educational activity, the participant should be better able to: 1. Compare chronic wound healing processes and outcomes in older adults with those in younger persons. 2. Explain the relationships between wound healing, comorbidities, and adverse drug events. 3. Apply known relationships among wound healing, comorbid medical conditions, and functional decline to care of the older adult.
authors.affiliation: Women's College Hospital, Wound Healing Clinic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy