Title: Provide skin care, including monitoring skin breakdown.
Course: Home Health Aide (14053) > Section: Providing Personal Care

Providing should include

- measuring for maintenance of skin integrity
- reporting and properly describing a skin breakdown
- explaining skin-breakdown preventive measures
- explaining the treatment of skin breakdown.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What methods would you use to inspect a client’s skin?
- What mechanical aids are used to prevent skin breakdown? How are they used?
- What conditions require reporting a skin breakdown?
- What are some circumstances that may result in skin breakdown?