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Adult Incontinence: Help with Skin Care
Mar 16th 2018
Adult Incontinence: Skin Problems
Adult Incontinence can be caused from an overactive bladder, bladder leaks, as well as fecal incontinence due to illness, injury, or simply age. Adult undergarments, incontinence liners, or disp
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Aids to Daily Living Products to Help Caregivers
Feb 28th 2018
What are Aids to Daily Living Products?
Daily living aids, eating and drinking aids, adaptive mobility equipment, all of these phrases mean one thing, what products can be used in the home to help care for people who are elderly, have mobility issue
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Ostomy Skin Care Tips
Jan 31st 2018
Caring for the Skin Around Your Stoma:Having an ostomy means caring for and monitoring the skin around your stoma. Imagine the circle of skin that goes directly around your stoma and think about the constant irritation that skin deals with every day.
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How to Make Using Bedside Commodes Easier
Jan 19th 2018
What is a Bedside Commode?
A bedside commode is a chair that can be used as a toilet when reaching a traditional toilet is difficult because of mobility or illness. Bedside commodes are also called commode chairs. The commode chair or bedside
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3M Cavilon No Sting Barrier Film for Ostomy
Dec 31st 2017
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3M Cavilon No Sting Barrier Film Protects Stomal Skin
When you have an ostomy you will be using an ostomy wafer and pouch system every day. The ostomy system uses adhesive to keep the ostomy wafer secured around your stoma. T
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Introducing: Smith and Nephew Opsite
Dec 20th 2017
Shop Smith & Nephew Opsite
Opsite is a brand of wound care products from Smith & Nephew. Opsite dressings provide a moist wound environment, which promotes healing, but they also allow excess moisture to evaporate. Excess moisture can cause
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Introducing: Eakin Cohesive Paste
Nov 28th 2017
Convatec Eakin Ostomy Paste:
Alcohol Free Means Sting Free
Eakin Cohesive paste is the newest addition to the Convatec Eakin family of products. It is a new ostomy stoma paste that is alcohol free which means it is sting free so it won't
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Information for New Ostomates
Oct 30th 2017
Ostomy Information for New Ostomates
First off, in case you don't know what an ostomate is, an ostomate is a person with an ostomy. Any kind of ostomy, it can be an ileostomy, colostomy, urostomy, any kind at all. If you have an ostomy, you are an os
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What is the ROHO Hybrid Elite Wheelchair Cushion?
Oct 10th 2017
What are the Benefits of the ROHO Hybrid Elite Cushion?
ROHO Hybrid Elite combines the soft tissue protection that you would expect from a ROHO Dry Floatation cushion and the stability you would expect from a foam cushion. ROHO air cushions c
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What is a Sacrum Dressing?
Sep 28th 2017
Where is the Sacrum Area of the Body?
The sacrum area of the body refers to the area just above what is commonly referred to as the "tailbone", this bony area is prone to pressure wounds. Anytime you have an area of the body with the underlyi
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