Bedsores: Are You At Risk?
The incidence of bedsores (or pressure sores or decubitus ulcers) is shockingly common in many nursing homes, hospital and assisted living facilities. Determining who may be at risk for developing this potentially devastating condition is important to preventing the development of them in the first place. If a family member has one or more of the conditions below they are at an increased risk for development of bedsores. A daily monitoring of their condition should be done as the first step of prevention. The following are risk factors identified by The Mayo Clinic: Age: If you are over 70, you...
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Bedsores. Completely Preventable? Absolutely.
Today I met with a family who's mother recently died from sepsis after a month stay at a Chicago-area hospital. The family hesitantly confided in me that their mother had a gaping hole on her buttocks at the time of her death. While the family obviously was not responsible for their mother's care when she was in the hospital; they had a sense of responsibility because there is a stigma about bedsores. Once you see how gruesome an advanced stage bedsore can be, you will never forget it. Decubitus ulcers, commonly known as bed sores, may start in a small...
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