A Daily Cleansing–Moisturizing Routine for Maintaining Skin Integrity in Aged-Care Residents: A Case Report
<p>Aged-care residents’ sex, age, baseline skin integrity clinical parameters and cleansing–moisturizing routine (comprising a specific range of QV cleansers and moisturizers, and Silic 15 Protective Barrier Cream) used during the evaluation study.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Skin integrity clinical assessment of five clinical parameters including itchy skin, dry skin, bruising, skin tears and pressure injuries and some examples of clinical photographs taken at baseline and after the use of the cleansing–moisturizing (comprising QV cleansers and moisturizers, and/or Silic 15 Protective Barrier Cream) routine.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design, and Aged-Care Residents’ Key Characteristics and Recruitment
2.2. Staff Education
2.3. Data Collection and Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Resident 1 (R1): Skin Integrity Clinical Assessment and Clinical Photographs
3.2. Resident 2 (R2): Skin Integrity Clinical Assessment and Clinical Photographs
3.3. Resident 3 (R3): Skin Integrity Clinical Assessment and Clinical Photographs
3.4. Resident 4 (R4): Skin Integrity Clinical Assessment and Clinical Photographs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Mijaljica, D.; Townley, J.P.; Spada, F.; Nguyen, M.; Cheung, Y.; Chow, W.; Brown, S.; Meere, S.; Lai, M. A Daily Cleansing–Moisturizing Routine for Maintaining Skin Integrity in Aged-Care Residents: A Case Report. Dermato 2025, 5, 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/dermato5010005
Mijaljica D, Townley JP, Spada F, Nguyen M, Cheung Y, Chow W, Brown S, Meere S, Lai M. A Daily Cleansing–Moisturizing Routine for Maintaining Skin Integrity in Aged-Care Residents: A Case Report. Dermato. 2025; 5(1):5. https://doi.org/10.3390/dermato5010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleMijaljica, Dalibor, Joshua P. Townley, Fabrizio Spada, Maria Nguyen, Yenny Cheung, Wendy Chow, Sandra Brown, Sharon Meere, and Mikayla Lai. 2025. "A Daily Cleansing–Moisturizing Routine for Maintaining Skin Integrity in Aged-Care Residents: A Case Report" Dermato 5, no. 1: 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/dermato5010005
APA StyleMijaljica, D., Townley, J. P., Spada, F., Nguyen, M., Cheung, Y., Chow, W., Brown, S., Meere, S., & Lai, M. (2025). A Daily Cleansing–Moisturizing Routine for Maintaining Skin Integrity in Aged-Care Residents: A Case Report. Dermato, 5(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/dermato5010005