Wound Care

Wound care requires specialized training to ensure that right techniques are used during the complex process of healing. At Valley Home Care, our nurses – all of whom have achieved certification in wound, ostomy and continence care – collaborate with patients and their physicians to provide:

• Innovative, evidence-based treatments to promote wound healing and prevent complications
• Patient and caregiver education for self-monitoring, and managing and preventing wounds
• Counseling on nutrition and physical activities that promote healing

Wound Care Services

Wounds

• Pressure ulcers
• Diabetic ulcers
• Surgical
• Burns
• Trauma wounds
• Venous ulcers
• Arterial ulcers

Ostomy

• Urostomy, colostomy and ileostomy complications
• Prevention and management of complications
• Pouching systems and procedures

Incontinence

• Education
• Indwelling urinary catheters