Healing without borders: wound care for home and residential aged care
20 August, 20252025 Nursing Trailblazers award winner Professor Michelle Barakat-Johnson takes Aged Health on a tour of the RPA Virtual Hospital Wound Care Command Centre.
Skin tear conversation starters — for Support at Home teams
14 August, 2025These Wounds Australia conversation starters are designed to support anyone caring for aging Australians in any setting, but particularly Support at Home teams.
Are we on the cusp of life-changing diabetic wound treatments?
03 July, 2025Building on past discoveries, SAHMRI researchers believe they have zeroed in on the mechanism driving diabetic wound healing.
Key step uncovered in the wound healing process
04 April, 2024Scientists from Monash University have identified a key step in the wound healing process that becomes disabled during the aging process.
Leukoplast Skin Sensitive Tapes and Dressings
01 September, 2023Leukoplast offers gentle and secure wound care solutions for highly sensitive or compromised skin.
Bruise-eze bruise cream
01 June, 2023Bruise-eze is a patented cream containing the protein lactoferrin embedded in a liposome.
How electricity could heal wounds three times faster
04 May, 2023Chronic wounds are a major health problem for diabetic patients and the elderly — in extreme cases they can even lead to amputation.
Scanner can detect bedsores up to five days earlier
10 February, 2023An Australian aged care provider has introduced the Provizio SEM Scanner to assist clinicians with the early detection of pressure injuries amongst residents.
Contactless tool to treat chronic wounds
30 November, 2022A thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a person's home.
Wound management: Skin Tear Pack Study
03 August, 2022There are various products in place at present in the aged care sector to manage skin tears.
Improving wound care outcomes
03 August, 2022 by Mansi GandhiChronic wounds affect more than 420,000 Australians, with each chronic wounds patient spending over $4000 on out-of-pocket costs.
