Improving pressure ulcer prevention in a nursing home: action research.

A study conducted in Sunderland investigated how staff in a private sector care home manage pressure ulcer prevention and what staff perceive to be the reasons why residents in their care develop pressure ulcers. It also identified how using a collaborative action research study design (utilizing an action research cycle with collaborative focus groups) can bring about an improvement in practice, by allowing the staff to reflect on and analyse the way they work and develop and implement strategies to provide solutions to the problems they identify.