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Experts think that nearly one in three occupants in elderly care facilities suffer from pressure sores. This is all the more tragic, because it was an avoidable disease, according to Christel Bienstein, chair of the expert advisory board of the care foundation. But we are not the only ones to have this problem. The NPUAP (National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, USA) even refers to decubitus ulcers as being a "national tragedy", because on the one hand they cause great pain to the persons concerned and place a considerable burden on the public health system, but were avoidable on the other hand. At the same time in Germany, just as in the US, there are partly high-technology bedding facilities available for prophylaxis and therapy. According to expert opinion, the fact that pressure sore rates cannot be favourably influenced in the long term in spite of a wide range of therapeutic systems is both due to their complicated and often also improper handling and the primary problem of "insufficient movement of patients" to which too few attention - up to no attention at all - is paid, even with high-tech beds.

This is exactly the point where a new pressure reduction comes in that was specially developed for Völker healthcare beds: The Völker MiS® Micro-stimulation System. With it, we could go back to a development created under the advice of Prof. A. Fröhlich who in the 1970ies designed the meanwhile proved concept of basal stimulation: the patented Völker MiS® Micro-stimulation System. With Thomashilfen, a renowned manufacturer of orthopedically aids, the system was made ready to go into production and it is today recorded as a micro-stimulation system in the medical aids register. Basal stimulation was originally developed to promote early advancement and sensory perception of handicapped children and juveniles. At the beginning of the 1980ies, Andreas Fröhlich and Christel Bienstein translated the concept of basal stimulation into care homes, achieving remarkable success especially with comatose and apallic people. In cooperation with the Institute for Innovation in Health Care and Related Research (IGAP), the MiS® Micro-stimulation System from Thomashilfen (Design by Lattoflex) was further developed by Völker - especially for Völker healthcare beds and hospital beds and is now available as standard with all Völker beds.

The Völker MiS® Micro-stimulation System supports caregivers in implementing the concepts of basal stimulation, the Bobath concept and kineasthetics. The system's feedback to the occupant causes somatic and vestibular stimulation, it conveys information about his body state, and little movements cause the patient to mobilize on his own. That way, physiological circulation of the skin, among other things, is ensured so that pressure sores are avoided or the basic requirement for pressure sore healing is created.

At the same time, the Völker MiS® Micro-stimulation system also fulfils the requirements for mobility, for promotion of sensory perception and for reducing pain. As a result, Völker MiS® Micro-stimulation System is a nursing care aid that supports and complements basal stimulating care in a sensible way. In all, it provides a conclusive nursing care concept for effective pressure sore prevention.


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