Clinical Practice experiences with Skincair in healthcare institutions

Since 2017, a lot of clinical practice experience has been gathered and obtained with Skincair in a number of healthcare institutions, resulting in many improvements for residents and care. Skincair has been gradually taken into use since 2017 – 2018 at Land van Horne in Weert, ORO in Deurne, SZR in Tiel, Quarijn in Wijk bij Duurstede, Avoord in Etten Leur, Brabant Zorg in Oss, Interzorg in Assen etc. Many other healthcare institutions have now also started the first introductions and pilots with Skincair (Omring, Proteion, MijZo, Woonzorg Flevoland).

Important practical experiences of occupational therapists, wound care nurses and caregivers:

1. Comfort:

“The comfort, well-being and skin condition of our residents has definitely improved”
”The bed sheet is no longer so wet and full of folds in the morning”
“We notice an improvement in the night’s sleep for a number of residents of PG departments”
“Many residents who can indicate it themselves indicate sleeping and staying much more comfortable pleasant on Skincair”
“Our PG residents sleep more deeply and are better rested in the morning, less restless and require less care”

2. Self-reliance:

“A number of residents can now go to bed much more independently and actively cooperate with transfers”
“After some time, we noticed that a number of residents started turning again and positioning themselves when lying in bed at night”
”The providing of care in the morning is much easier now and saves us time”
“For Skincair residents who are slowly deteriorating, we can maintain movability capacity  longer and keep them mobile”

3. Care application and nursing load:

“We have much less rubbing and friction spots on residents with Huntington’s”
“Colleagues in somatic and PG departments no longer want to work without Skincair”
“Skincair gives us new opportunities to respond to the increasing care load of our residents”
“I can now do many actions alone, e.g. on the night shift and in the morning care routine”

4. Material use, pressure ulcer prevention and healing:

“The timely and preventive use of Skincair results in much less pressure ulcers category 1 and 2”
“After a shorter time, we see an improvement in the skin condition of many people”
“We now have a serious alternative to the too rapid deployment of expensive air mattresses”
“Incontinence material stays in place better and does not have to be

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