We have had a couple of calls from people unable to open our HipSaver videos from the links on our site. Our webmaster is working on this issue but here’s what we know at the moment: the videos seem to work on Mac computers the videos opened on a PC are met with a white … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
Fraser Health Authority Webinar
Date : Wednesday February 20, 2013 Time : 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT Administrators and health professionals associated with long-term care facilities across Canada are invited to join Dr Fabio Feldman, Dr Vicky Scott and Dr Steve Robinovitch for an informative webinar on how hip protectors can best be used to improve health outcomes … Continue reading
Right or Left?

The customer on the phone was ordering a Forearm Tube with Knuckle Protector and wanted one for her resident’s right hand. The right hand/left hand issue is a question we get frequently enough that it’s blogworthy. DermaSaver products are not specific to the right or left side of the body. What we are specific about … Continue reading
Sports Blisters

My daughter is a soccer player and while new cleats bring dreams of more goals, what they often bring is blisters. While most players seem to be able to ignore the blisters when they’re in the zone, once the game is over the competition for who has the worst aches, pains and blisters is on. … Continue reading
“Time to put your girdle on, Annie”

Front line staff in long term care are very cleaver when it comes to getting residents to do things that the residents aren’t so sure they want to do. One of the tricks I’ve been told about over and over and over has to do with convincing ladies who are challenged with dementia that they … Continue reading