This resident is a white female with a history of diabetes and chronic skin tears that are very difficult to resolve. Two months prior to the study, there was documented that she had a total of six skin tears recorded. At the beginning of the study there was a skin tear on the right hand that would dry up but never seemed to heal, as it should. This skin tear had occurred a week and a half prior to the study. When the study was complete the skin tear was resolved and the skin integrity seemed to be greatly improved. There seemed to be more of a luster to the skin color. This particular resident only received one new skin tear during this study.
 

This resident is a white female that has severe osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease. She is wheelchair bound and is basically total care for all activities of daily living. She bruises frequently and has dry flaky skin. After using the TheraWash® product her skin appeared smooth and soft. The staff found that by using the TheraWash® product that their risk for injury decreased. This lady is a two-person transfer with a hoyer lift.
 

RESIDENT #11:

This resident is a white female with a diagnosis of diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. She had 3 stage 2 pressure ulcers to the feet with surrounding dry skin that was peeling. After using the TheraWash® product for a month the surrounding skin was smooth and the pressure ulcers were resolving stage 2's that were not open.
 

RESIDENT #13:

This resident is a white female that has end-stage Alzheimer's disease that requires her to have a tube feeding. She has had Clostridium Difficile since January 2001. This causes increased diarrhea stools that have been extremely excoriating to the peri area and had even resulted in open bleeding areas. After a month of using the TheraWash® product the areas closed and were no longer bleeding. The buttocks remained red but skin integrity remained intact.
 

RESIDENT #17:

This resident is a black male with Alzheimer's disease that wanders in a meri-walker throughout the facility. He is legally blind and tends to push his walker into inanimate objects. He frequently stands up in his meri-walker and lowers himself on the center strap landing on his knees. We frequently find bruising on the shins. Beginning the study he had bruising to the shin area. He also had dry scaly skin that would flake away when his clothes were removed and replaced. Skin literally floated in the air. After the study was complete his skin condition greatly improved. His skin was soft and smooth and did not have any dry areas.
 

RESIDENT #18:

This resident is a black female that is combative during showers and suffers from senila dementia with agitation and history of delusions. Showers are always a task for the staff. The staff reports that she continued to be abusive while participating in the study but because of the decreased time that it took to use the product that they actually sustained less abuse. This resident wheels by objects and frequently bumps into things resulting in skin tears. Prior to beginning the study a two-month review of the medical record showed a total of 5 skin tears. At the start of the study there were two skin tears identified. During the month of the study the resident received one small skin tear that healed in a week.