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Elderly Skin Care: Principles Of Chronic Wound Care, Rita Frantz, Sue Gardner
Elderly Skin Care: Principles Of Chronic Wound Care, Rita Frantz, Sue Gardner
Rita A. Frantz
1. Chronic wounds are a frequently encountered problem in elders. Chronic wounds are characterized by loss of skin or underlying soft tissue and do not progress toward healing with conventional wound care treatment. 2. There are four basic principles of chronic wound care: remove debris and cleanse the wound; provide a moist wound healing environment through the use of proper dressings; protect the wound from further injury; and provide substrates essential to the wound healing process. 3. Underlying the care of chronic wounds is the necessity to assess the wound on an ongoing basis. Changes in wound care must be …
A Pilot Study Of Immune And Mood Outcomes Of A Community-Based Intervention For Dementia Caregivers: The Plst Intervention, L. Garand, Kathleen Buckwalter, D. Lubaroff, Toni Tripp-Reimer, Rita Frantz, T. Ansley
A Pilot Study Of Immune And Mood Outcomes Of A Community-Based Intervention For Dementia Caregivers: The Plst Intervention, L. Garand, Kathleen Buckwalter, D. Lubaroff, Toni Tripp-Reimer, Rita Frantz, T. Ansley
Rita A. Frantz
Providing care to a family member with dementia is conceptualized as a chronic stressor with adverse psychological and physical effects. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate mood and immune outcomes of caregivers exposed to a community-based psychoeducational nursing intervention based on the progressively lowered stress threshold (PLST) model. The PLST intervention is designed to strengthen the psychological resources of dementia caregivers by teaching methods of preventing and/or managing behavioral problems exhibited by the person with dementia. Mood and immune outcomes were compared between caregivers randomly assigned to receive either the PLST or a comparison intervention. Results of …
Clinical Concerns: Management Of Dry Skin, Rita Frantz, Sue Gardner
Clinical Concerns: Management Of Dry Skin, Rita Frantz, Sue Gardner
Rita A. Frantz
No abstract provided.
The Cost Of Treating Pressure Ulcers Following Implementation Of A Research-Based Skin Care Protocol In A Long-Term Care Facility, Rita Frantz, S. Bergquist, Janet Specht
The Cost Of Treating Pressure Ulcers Following Implementation Of A Research-Based Skin Care Protocol In A Long-Term Care Facility, Rita Frantz, S. Bergquist, Janet Specht
Rita A. Frantz
Although concern for the costs associated with pressure ulcer treatments persists, studies that precisely quantify costs are limited. A retrospective research design was used to describe the costs incurred by an 830-bed, long-term care facility to treat 81 pressure ulcers over a one-year period following implementation of a research-based, skin care protocol. The total cost for the study period was $30,079 with 73% of these expenditures attributable to nursing care. Mean cost of treatment was $3.74/pressure ulcer/day, which was a reduction from the $5.35/pressure ulcer/day cost prior to implementation of the skin care protocol. These findings suggest that implementing a …