Skin health and wound care for older people
Our free service specific/specialist days promote the best practices in skin health and wound healing
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
Industry presentations
There will be an interactive presentation of wound care products and preventative aids from our industry partners:
And more to be announced!
Our Trustees look forward to welcoming you all virtually to the classroom
Keynote Speakers
Julie Van Onselen
Lecturer Practitioner in Dermatology
Dermatology Education partnership Ltd, SHUK, Check4Cancer, National Eczema Society
Read more…Dr Karen Ousey
Professor of Skin Integrity Director for the Institute of Skin Integrity & Infection Prevention
University of Huddersfield
Read more…Fran Norman (was Spratt)
Lead Nurse Tissue Viability
Southampton University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust
Read more…Samantha Holloway
Reader and Programme Director, Masters in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair
Cardiff University School of Medicine
Read more…Rebecca Penzer-Hick
Senior Clinical Lecturer
Centre of Postgraduate Medicine and Public Health Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences University of Hertfordshire
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