Journal: Nursing older people

Article Title: Practice question.

PMID/MRN: 27750510

Publication Date: 2012-Jun-29

Abstract:

In recent years pressure ulcers have been seen as an unacceptable consequence of poor nursing care (The Telegraph 2011) and staff have questioned whether the development of a pressure ulcer should lead to a referral via adult safeguarding procedures. There are no national guidelines. Some safeguarding adults boards have strict criteria, with all pressure ulcers of a certain grade or above being referred, regardless of individual circumstances. This leaves no flexibility to consider the root cause of the ulcer and whether there are specific safeguarding issues.