A number of contributing factors are also associated with pressure ulcers, including hemodynamic instability, immobility, and malnutrition (European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, 2009) and they often occur in people who lack the ability to reposition themselves to relieve pressure, namely the elderly, malnourished and the acutely ill (Wann-Hanson, Hagell & Willman, 2008). ... Their paper also concurred with the argument of many wound experts that some pressure ulcers are simply unavoidable, particularly in high risk patients, the elderly and patient...

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