Innovative Social Care for Leg Health

We asked our Industry Partners about the importance of education around venous disease and leg ulcers.

Leg Clubs have paved the way in developing a psychosocial model of holistic wound care based on empathy, education, social and peer support, empowering the whole person through social interaction as part of the therapeutic journey. Leg Clubs see people with wounds and people with healthy legs requesting assessment. Once someone has been registered at a Leg Club, they are members for life, in either the Treatment Regime (receiving treatment) or the Well Leg Regime (receiving advice and preventative maintenance and a broad scale of education and health promotion). The ‘Well Leg’ programme at the Leg Club is an integral part of the social model and is aimed at the members’ (patients) mental and physical well-being, health education, advice, maintenance and prevention of further leg-related problem once an ulcer has healed. Members that have healed and wish to remain healed at- tend on a regular three / six monthly basis for a full reassessment, sup- port and advice. Members of the Leg Clubs can rely on a safe venue where their physical, psychological and so- cial needs will be met within a social model of care.

We asked our trustees and industry partners to highlight the relationship between the Leg Club and Industry Partners.

Dr Abdul Seckam from Cardiff Metropolitan University and Dr Anna Galazka from Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK, will talk about their experiences of conducting qualitative research in the Leg Clubs®.

A warm welcome to our new speaker, Liz Hamlet who is a registered nurse and clinical support manager at Molnlycke Health Care. On behalf of the Leg Club Industry Partners Liz is talking about understanding the role and function of healthcare industry clinicians within Leg Clubs.

A mission of the International Leg Club Committee (www.legclub.org) is to raise awareness of vascular disease among health and social care professionals, the public, UK Government organisations and health care providers. In this short video Dr. Liam Fox MP addresses the importance of public awareness and the need for knowledge of venous disease and the impact of individuals lives.