Skin Care and Wound Management (including Pressure injuries) – Aged Care Quality Standard 3

This course covers the following:

• Aged related changes to skin, hair and nails
• Risk factors for skin damage
• Strategies to reduce or prevent skin damage including skin tears, pressure injuries, leg ulcers Wound management: Overview
• Wounds and stages of healing
• Principles of wound management.
• Principles of pressure injury management
• skin tears and leg ulcers
• Physical and psychological impact   

Business Objectives

The attitudes towards skin damage and injuries such as skin tears and pressure injuries are addressed along with a comprehensive list of risk factors and practical preventative strategies. “I am a person not a wound” holistic approach provides the principles and specifics for the management of wounds but keeps a strong focus on the lived experience, physical and psychological impact. Skin Care and Wound Management aligns to Standard 3 of the Aged Care Quality Standards and is one of the identified high impact, high prevalence risks.

Audience

This learning activity is for Aged Care workers