Amazon.com description: Product Description: This lesson on Pressure Ulcers includes a complete training packet. Each in-service packet takes approximately one hour to complete and fully meets the Medicare in-service training requirements. As aides need training, you can make as many copies as you want - there s no restriction when used with aides assigned from your office location. Remember that Home Health Aides must have 12 hours of in-service training every year. LESSON OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this program, the home health aide will be able to: Describe three actions he or she can perform that can help heal a pressure ulcer. Explain two observations about a patient with a pressure ulcer to report to the nurse. Identify two measures to prevent the development of a pressure ulcer. OVERVIEW Unfortunately, there is a three to 17 percent incidence of pressure ulcers in elderly patients. Those patients can experience extreme pain, social isolation, and complications, such as infection of the bone or blood, along with a higher mortality rate. Overall, in the United States the cost for the treatment of pressure ulcers ranges from $9.1 to $11.6 billion per year. The best plan for patients in the home setting is to provide care that helps to prevent the development of pressure ulcers. However, some patients are admitted with a pressure ulcer and others, in spite of good care, can develop one. That s when every member of the homecare team, including home health aides, can play a role in treatment. Most existing training on pressure ulcer generally targets practitioners. This lesson focuses on instructing home health aides, new or experienced, on care of the patient with a pressure ulcer.