Adjusting to life with an ostomy can be challenging, both emotionally and physically. Can I swim? Use a hot tub? Run a marathon? Go to the grocery store? All of these questions - and countless more - arise on a daily basis, and the way people tackle these challenges very much depends on their personal situation and individual resources.

At Coloplast, we offer support for people with an ostomy to help ensure the best possible use of our products and a smooth transition back to everyday life after stoma surgery. We offer lifestyle advice as well as practical and emotional support when it’s needed.

• Product samples and tools to assist patients in their transition
• Dedicated support to help with clinical and non-clinical needs
• Support in finding the right supplier for your patient's product and insurance needs
• Ongoing wellness education addressing lifestyle issues

Learn more about our Care program and the support provided to your patients.

Your patients can sign up for our Care program here.

People with an ostomy can have many concerns – fear of leakage, embarrassment about their body, worries about becoming a burden to family and friends. When these concerns stop people from doing the things they enjoy, it puts their quality of life at risk.

With the Stoma-QoL tool, healthcare professionals now have a standard and a common language with which to assess quality of life for people with a stoma. You can use the tool to monitor quality of life over time in the same person – or compare quality of life between patients.

Stoma-QoL is:

• Specifically designed for people with a stoma – all questions are based on input from people with a stoma
• Validated – tested in representative ostomy populations in different countries
• Reliable – weighted to emphasize the issues that are most critical to the respondent’s quality of life
• Cross-cultural – translated into 16 languages
• Simple – the questionnaire only takes 5–10 minutes to complete

Download the tool:

English

French

Support materials can help your patients in their daily life with an ostomy. These materials can be given to your patients to read and use at home or discuss with you.

Understanding body profile is first step towards a better fit
With Coloplast’s BodyCheck tool, you and your patient can find recommendations on how to get an optimal fit between individual body profile and pouching system. There are eight easy steps to go through.

Helpful patient information
These Education brochures contain helpful information about life with a stoma. Please click here to view Global Educational Tools

No two bodies are the same. When choosing ostomy pouching systems, the key to ensuring a good fit and reliable system is being able to know and describe the peristomal area accurately.

To make it easier for healthcare professionals and people with a stoma to describe and agree on a peristomal body profile, Coloplast has developed a common ‘language’. This set of terms, which we call our Body Profile Terminology, has been developed together with nurses and patient focus groups worldwide.

Find out more in the online BodyCheck tool.