Skin Frailty & Skin Tears Resource Hub
A joint collaboration between EWMA and ISTAP
About the initiative
This project aims to increase awareness about skin frailty and skin tears, particularly among older adults. Through a series of online digital resources—including short videos and interviews—we aim to share real-life experiences of patients and healthcare professionals to educate the public and improve clinical practice.
The project was only possible thanks to the support of Essity and Clinimed.
“Protect frail skin, Prevent skin tears, Work together for a world without skin tears”
Skin Tear Experiences
Patient and Expert Voices
This resource includes a 4-minute animated video where you will hear both patient and relative voices discussing their experience of skin frailty and skin tears. There is also a series of short videos with Paulo Ramos, Nurse Specialist at ULS Póvoa de Varzim/Vila do Conde, USF Corino de Andrade, Portugal, discussing the patient experience and offering guidance for clinical practice.
Healthcare Professional and Expert Voices
This resource includes a series of short videos with Healthcare Professionals working in hospital and community settings discussing skin frailty and skin tears. There is also a series of short videos with Professor Dimitri Beeckman, RN, PhD, FEANS, FAAN, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden and Ghent University, Belgium and Dr Hilde Beele, Dermatologist and head of the wound care center, Ghent University, Belgium, discussing skin frailty and skin tears.
Expert perspectives on neonates and paediatrics
In this resource Dr Guido Ciprandi, Adjunct Professor at the Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic at the University Hospital of Padova, Italy, discusses skin frailty and skin tears in the Neonate and Paediatric Population.
Related resources
In this section, you’ll find several relevant resources related to this project:
ISTAP Best Practice recommendations
EWMA HomeCare-WoundCare project
Holistic management of wound-related pain
Preventing Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury (MARSI): Best Practice and the Role of Sterile Medical Adhesive Removers
Webinar: Preventing MARSI in practice - Wounds UK
Industry supporters
The development of resources for the Skin Frailty and Skin Tears project was kindly supported by the following companies:
