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Wound care education program launched by Canadian Association of Wound Care and Bayshore Home Health

– Collaborative effort aims to enhance level of wound care for clients –

Mississauga, ON December 20, 2011 – The Canadian Association of Wound Care (CAWC) and Bayshore Home Health are pleased to announce a unique and exciting educational initiative to provide Bayshore's nurses across the country with advanced wound care education and training. The initiative will ensure that Bayshore's clients receive optimal wound care management, which is crucial to reducing both health care and economic burdens.

Earlier this year, eight facilitators from Bayshore's nursing staff were trained by the CAWC to conduct the CAWC Institute of Wound Management and Prevention L-Series program. The CAWC L-Series offers intensive, hand-on education regarding the prevention and management of acute and chronic wounds.

The facilitators, with representation from across Canada, were carefully chosen based on their experience, expertise and leadership skills. In early 2012, the facilitators will attend the CAWC L-1 to L-3 Series meetings as regional wound care leaders, and will provide their expertise and hands-on knowledge. They will then be fully prepared to roll out the L-Series program to Bayshore's 3,500 nurses across the country.

To ensure quality control as the L-Series launches with Bayshore's staff, a CAWC Institute faculty member will attend each facilitator's initial presentation. "That's part of our commitment to ensuring that the program is successful," says Peggy Ahearn, the CAWC's executive director.

"Thanks to the CAWC, we are now equipped to provide point-in-time education to Bayshore's nurses, which is critical," says Katherine Grant-Brown, clinical practice leader in the area of skin health and wound care for Bayshore Home Health. "Our goal is that each and every Bayshore nurse will undergo this training."

"This is a sizeable commitment on the part of Bayshore" says Ahearn. "Recognizing that wound care is a substantial part of the day-to-day work of these nurses is an important step in the prevention and management of chronic wounds."

About Bayshore Home Health

Bayshore Home Health delivers a wide range of nursing, personal care, home support and companion services to more than 70,000 clients every year, primarily in their homes. These services are purchased by government care programs, insurance companies, workers' compensation boards and the public. It also provides nurse and caregiver staffing services to health care organizations and the corporate sector, and operates more than 50 administrative offices and two-dozen community care clinics nationally. The company's goal is to enhance the quality of life, well-being, dignity and independence of Canadians of all ages, especially seniors. Bayshore Home Health is a division of Bayshore HealthCare, a leading Canadian-owned provider of home and community health care services and a recipient of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies award since 2006. More information can be found at www.bayshore.ca.

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