Blog – Winncare

Fall Management

July 18th 2024

CCGs lead the way in reducing avoidable hospital admissions

Strategies to reduce avoidable hospital admissions are not new. For many years winter pressures have sparked conversations around home care for the elderly because of fears concerning hospital acquired pneumonia and deconditioning. More than 80% of ambulance calls are to assist the elderly frail, many of whom have fallen,

Fall Management

July 18th 2024

Case Study: Living With MS Made Easier With A Mangar Leglifter

Jennifer was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in her early 50s after experiencing bowel and bladder symptoms often associated with the disease. She had also begun to notice reduced function in one of her legs. After a series of relapses doctors confirmed her condition to be secondary progressive MS. Jennifer had been using a Mangar Elk to assist her off the floor, which had allowed her to live life to the full.

Blog

July 18th 2024

Maintaining purposeful occupation, fatigue & MS

Just as the word “depression” is often over-used, describing any state of low mood, including temporary lows or natural melancholy, the word “fatigue” has also been over-used. However, unless you have experienced significant, enduring fatigue related to a medical condition, it is difficult to appreciate just how disabling fatigue is. Multiple Sclerosis related fatigue is one of the most debilitating symptoms of the condition, but often the least acknowledged or treated.

Fall Management

July 18th 2024

Falling Into Fear Of Falling

Fear of falling is a common term used in healthcare(2), with patients asked “Do you have a fear of falling?” and a score often attributed to it(3). 50% of people who have fallen and 50% of people who haven’t fallen are affected(4). When you think about it though, it would be a bit unusual to find someone who didn’t have a ‘fear of falling’ – after all, who would be happy if they fell over? If someone told me I was going to fall over this week, it would definitely be on my mind. What we really want to know is whether someone has a fear of falling to the degree that it stops them from doing things, such as walking around the home or going outdoors.

Fall Management

July 18th 2024

Case Study: Hengoed Park Care Home

Hengoed Park Care Home took part in the Care Home Project which was an initiative endorsed and funded by the Welsh Government and Welsh Ambulance Trust to reduce the number of calls made by care homes to lift uninjured fallen residents.

Fall Management

July 18th 2024

Doctor Explains The Importance Of Post Falls Assessment Tool, ISTUMBLE

“The reason I became involved with the ISTUMBLE project is that it is so profoundly positive for residents of care homes and those who care for them. The benefits of lifting a resident off the floor are innumerable. By definition residents of care homes are frail – otherwise, they would not be cared for in a residential context. With frailty comes a lack of physiological reserve and strength.

Pressure Ulcers

July 18th 2024

Evaluation Of The Mangar Ekamove In The Community

I’m a community Tissue Viability Nurse. I found out about the Ekamove when Winncare's Pressure Ulcer Specialist) did a demonstration in the hospital with our moving and handling advisor. I trialled the product with one of my community patients who has had Grade 2 and 1 pressure ulcers that have been non healing for 6 months plus. She had previously had a Grade 3 pressure ulcer a year ago and I was worried about the wounds deteriorating.

Hygiene

July 18th 2024

Case Study: Happiness Is A Hot Relaxing Bath

We understand that we all need a little help sometimes and we take pride in producing easy to use and often life changing products that will help you remain safe and independent in your own home. Indeed it was over 30 years ago that Mangar created the first ever powered portable bath lift, designed to help lower and raise people in and out of the bath. We now offer two very different bath lifts, the Inflatable Bathing Cushion and the Archimedes Bath Lift: two solutions that avoid the disruption of installing walk-in baths or showers.

Fall Management

July 18th 2024

How To Reduce Post Falls Syndrome

Written by: Kate Sheehan, Occupational Therapist A fall is defined as a unintentional move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control, approximately 28-35% of people aged of 65 and over fall each year increasing to 32-42% for those over 70 years of age[1] the evidence also confirms that frequency of falls increases with age and with neurological conditions.