The Aging Skin: Understanding the Changes & Breakdown of Your Residents’ Skin.
This webinar features Comfort Company’s Clinical Education Manager – Ana Endsjo, along with Direct Supply’s Senior Product Consultants – Kari Harbaugh and Kelly Sullivan.
During this session, we take an in-depth look at the three layers of skin, their functions and age-related changes that occur at each layer to make elderly residents more susceptible to skin breakdown. We explore and discuss common areas of skin breakdown to gain a better understanding of each stage of a pressure injury.
After this video, viewers will be better able to:
- Explain two functions of the epidermis, dermis and hypodermis layers of the skin
- Identify two age-related changes that occur at each layer of the skin
- Describe one difference between each stage of a pressure injury
- Name two distinguishing characteristics of a pressure injury caused by shear versus pressure
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Notice: This video is intended to provide information to Direct Supply’s customers, does not constitute medical or legal advice, and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual patients or conditions, or as a substitute for the advice of a licensed medical professional. Direct Supply specifically disclaims all responsibility for any liability, loss or risk, personal or otherwise, which is incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the material in this video. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, upload, transmit, publicly display, prepare derivative works based on or distribute any part of this video.
