Overview

The changes in the skin that occur as an individual ages affect the integrity of the skin, making it more vulnerable to damage. With a reduced ability to regenerate and a less efficient protective immune system, the elderly are at an increased risk of skin breakdown and so it is vital that care of the older person’s skin is seen as a priority.

This study day will provide relevant and useful information to guide those clinicians or carers who are responsible for the management of skin care in an ageing patient population.

Who’s the Skin health and wound care for older people study day suitable for?

This study day will be relevant to any clinician working directly or indirectly with older people. This includes hospital settings, community-based care, or care home settings. Generalist/ specialist nurses working in secondary care, community nurses, practice nurses, Tissue Viability nurses, podiatrists, Allied health professionals, nurses/ carers working in a care home setting, GPs, academics/ students with an interest in older people’s skin care.

Programme

View the draft programme – please note timings/presentations may be subject to change

09.30-09.45            Welcome & Introduction – Sarah Gardner, Society of Tissue Viability Education Facilitator/Director, Wound Matters Ltd

09.45-10.15            Physiology of ageing skin – Julie Van Onselen, Lecturer Practitioner in Dermatology, Dermatology Education partnership Ltd, SHUK, Check4Cancer, National Eczema Society

10.15– 10.25          Q&A

10.25-10.40           Industry presentation – Effective skin care for the older person using Zinc Oxide and Ichthammol – Janine Davies, UK Clinical Sales & Marketing Manager – Wound & Skin Care Consultant, Evolan Pharma

10.40-10.50            Comfort break

10.50-11.20            How nutrition affects the skin health of older people – Alison Smith, Prescribing Support Consultant Dietitian, Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group

11.20-11.30            Q&A

11.30-12.00            Recognising and treating Moisture Associated Skin Damage – Fran Norman, Lead Nurse Tissue Viability, Southampton University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust

12.00-12.10            Q&A

12.10-12.25            Industry presentation –Nurturing skin health through simplified Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis (IAD) care – Masline Chitura, Quality Director, Berkley Care Group on behalf of GAMA Healthcare

12.25-13.00            Lunch

13.00-13.30             Understanding frailty as a risk to skin health and wound healing – Samantha Holloway, Reader and Programme Director, Masters in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, Cardiff University School of Medicine

13.30-13.40            Q&A

13.40 – 13.55         Industry presentation – TBC

13.55-14.25             Skin tears – Karen Ousey, Clinical Manager, Omniamed (Wounds Division) & President, International Skin Tears Advisory Panel (ISTAP)

14.25-14.35            Q&A

14.35-14.50            Industry presentation – TBC

14.50-15.00            Comfort Break

15:00-15:30            Role of emollients in promoting skin health – Rebecca Penzer-Hick, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Centre of Postgraduate Medicine and Public Health Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences University of Hertfordshire

15.30-15.40            Q&A

15.40-15.45            Round up of the day / close

Industry presentations

There will be an interactive presentation of wound care products and preventative aids from our industry partners:

Evolan Pharma

GAMA Healthcare

And more to be announced!

Our Trustees look forward to welcoming you all virtually to the classroom