The principles of
palliative wound and pressure ulcer care should be integrated along the
continuum of wound care to address the whole person care needs of older people
who often present with chronic debilitating
diseases, advanced diseases associated with major organ failure (renal,
hepatic, pulmonary or cardiac), profound dementia, complex psychosocial issues,
diminished self-care abilities, and challenging wound-related symptoms.
Poly ulcerations
injured patients may be reversible; on the contrary, the sudden appearance of
multiple PUs in elderly patients may be indicative of the closeness of death.
The skin, like
other organs and systems, suffers a physiological deterioration in the last
stage of life, therefore increases the risk of PUs with torpid.
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