title: Reduction of pressure ulcer incidence in the home healthcare setting: a pressure-relief seating cushion project to reduce the number of community-acquired pressure ulcers.
abstract: The development of pressure ulcers is a quality of care and cost issue across the healthcare continuum. Evidence-based practice includes pressure relief, but homebound elderly people at risk for developing pressure ulcers do not qualify to receive a pressure-relief seating surface under Medicare unless they have a wheelchair. A project was initiated to obtain and provide pressure-relief seat cushions for this at-risk population. The overall purpose of this project was to reduce the incidence of community-acquired pressure ulcers using evidence-based practice.
authors.affiliation: Atlantic Home Care and Hospice, Millburn, New Jersey, USA. stephanie.hill@atlantichealth.org
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hill-Brown
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States