In the U.K. context where the emphasis is (quite rightly) on living well with dementia, on positivity and enabling approaches, it can be difficult for researchers to investigate and report negative experiences. Failing to re-present perceptions and experiences as they are lived, however, does a serious disservice to the research endeavor and can prevent policy and service development and positi...

Dear Editors, We read with great interest a letter entitled ‘Cleansing of wounds by tap water? An evidence based systemic analysis’ by Huang et al. (1), commenting on the safety of tap water irrigation in wound cleansing. The tap water irrigation has been reported to reduce colonisation of wounds and infection rates significantly (2,3). It has also been found that the rate of infection and outc...

1 Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Department of Health and Exercise Science, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA 2 Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA 3 Bone Research Laboratory, Department of Health and Exercise Science, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA 4 Research Centre on Physical Disability, ASPAYM Castilla y León Foundation, Valladolid,...