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Exploring care assistants` understanding of pressure ulcer prevention within a residential care home setting

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Although traditionally seen as a nursing responsibility, it is care assistants and not nurses who carry out the majority of pressure ulcer prevention tasks within independent residential care homes for the elderly. Little is known about current pressure ulcer prevention strategies within the independent sector, even less appears to be known about how care assistants understand pressure ulcer prevention within the context of their work environment.

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