2000 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 41-47
In order to treat pressure ulcer of home care patients, caregivers cooperation is essential. And it is quite important that caregivers acquire sufficient and right knowledge of pressure ulcer to prevent and cure of it. We have educated caregivers in a group by audio-visual media tools and studied its effect through questionnaires. We have selected 8 caregivers, whose patients are receiving home care of our hospital. The contents of the education, emphasizing the cause and prevention of pressure ulcer, aim at learning basic knowledge about the treatment for slight pressure ulcer (stage I to II) and the way to use the care products. In order to be understood easily by elderly people and those who are not familiar with medical field, we have lectured using slides of actual case, and original models and have practiced demonstrations of care method. In the end of the lecture, we have asked the feedback of the study. We have sent questionnaires twice, just after the opportunity and 2 months after, regarding the caregivers’ level of understanding pressure ulcers, their consciousness, and their practical changes and their patients’ situations. As a result, we have recognized the caregivers had better understanding and 87% of their patients improved their prevention and treatment. We can conclude that it is quite effective to carry out the group education for the caregivers in order to prevent and improve the condition of the pressure ulcer of home care patients.
