Dear Elected Officials,

In Canada, $3.9 billion is the conservative estimate of how much our health-care systems spend on wound care each year. Wounds Canada is dedicated to advancing wound education, research and advocacy to improve the care and quality of life for patients living with wounds. We are asking governments across Canada to make wound prevention and management a priority. 

Below is a list of upcoming events, important dates and resources available for health-care professionals, patients and their caregivers.

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and helped to shed light on many of the gaps in wound care within our health-care systems. For example, pressure injuries are a common occurrence in long-term care homes. Without proper education and adequate staff time and care, these often preventable and painful injuries can lead to acute care visits, sepsis and even death.

Worldwide Pressure Injury Day takes please this year on November 18. For resources to share, please visit Wounds Canada’s Care at Home series and DIY Skin Health series. And don't forget to engage with us on social media via Twitter and Instagram @woundscanada to #EndWounds and #ProtectSkin.

Many professionals, especially recent graduates, have faced a steep learning curve delivering proper wound care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our programs are here to help. They're designed to meet the skin health and wound prevention-related learning needs of unregulated care providers, such as personal support workers, health-care aides, home support workers, personal care attendants, and more, who self-identify their skin health and wound prevention knowledge as at a novice or advanced beginner level.

Please click here for more information on the Wounds Canada Institute’s education programs.

If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Thambirajah, Director of Government Relations, Wounds Canada, at: amanda.thambirajah@woundscanada.ca