It was my great pleasure to present wound care research at the annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) that took place in Orlando, Florida. Our research was entitled Pressure Injuries and Wound Care: A Lost Geriatric Syndrome. First author was Emily...
My recent article in the June issue of Advances in Skin and Wound Care reviews the problem of pressure injury to the ear related to masks. In the article I present a case report of a wound behind the ear of a long-term care resident who sustained a pressure injury to...
I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking at the upcoming National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel Annual Conference on the topic of aging skin. The NPIAP’s core mission is to provide interprofessional leadership to improve patient outcomes in pressure injury...
I recently presented on the topic of skin failure at the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) annual meeting in Houston on February 27th and 28th, sharing the podium with Janet Cuddigan PhD, RN, FAAN, President of NPIAP. The goal of our session was to...
My review article entitled Clinical Aspects of Aging Skin is now online in the January edition of Advances in Skin & Wound Care, and is available on line at this link. This article is filled with practical information for the wound care practitioner, but does...
My new article in Wound Management & Prevention is a critical re-examination of terminal ulcer terminology. In it I make the case for recognizing terminal ulcers as part of the spectrum of skin failure (and not necessarily heralding death) and used only in...
