Pressure Ulcer & Bedsore Care at Home

Care that comes to the people who need it most

Pressure ulcers (bedsores) hit hardest for people with limited mobility, and those are exactly the people for whom a trip to a clinic is toughest. So we come to them. Our nurse practitioners treat pressure ulcers right where the patient already is, and help make sure new ones don’t form.

What we do

• Assessment and staging of existing pressure ulcers
• Advanced dressings and wound management
• Infection monitoring
• Prevention coaching, repositioning, skin care, and pressure relief
• Walking alongside caregivers and home health teams

Built around limited mobility, and around family

For bedbound and chair-bound patients, consistent wound care without a difficult trip makes a real difference. We work closely with whoever is helping, family or a caregiver, and stay with the patient until the wound is fully healed.

What a visit looks like

Each visit, your nurse practitioner assesses and stages the ulcer, measures whether it’s improving, cleans and dresses it, and checks the other pressure points before they become the next problem. We keep notes the patient’s doctor can see, adjust the plan as things change, and take real time with the family, because at home, the caregiver is part of the care team, and we want you confident, not overwhelmed.

Preventing the next one

Treating the wound in front of us is only half the job; keeping new ones from forming is the other half. A few things make the biggest difference, and we’ll coach whoever is helping through each one:

• Repositioning on a regular schedule to take pressure off vulnerable spots
• Daily skin checks over the tailbone, hips, heels, elbows, and shoulders
• Keeping skin clean and dry, and managing moisture from incontinence or sweat
• Cushions and support surfaces, pillows, wedges, and pressure-relieving mattresses used correctly
• Good nutrition and hydration, which give skin what it needs to stay intact

None of this requires special training, just knowing what to watch for. That’s what we’re there to teach, so the whole household can help the patient heal and stay comfortable.

How we manage your care

Good wound care isn't a single treatment. It's a process, followed the same way every visit, so nothing gets missed between one visit and the next.

• We assess first. On the first visit, your nurse practitioner examines and measures the wound, reviews your health history and medications, and looks at what's happening around the wound: circulation, pressure, moisture, infection, and nutrition all shape how a wound heals.
• We establish the diagnosis. From that assessment, your nurse practitioner identifies what kind of wound this is and what's driving it, because a plan of care only works when it's built on the right diagnosis.
• We build a plan of care with you. An individualized plan, built with you and whoever you want involved: the right advanced dressings for the wound's stage, a visit schedule, offloading or protection where it helps, and clear goals.
• We document every visit. We measure whether the wound is truly making progress, record what we see, and adjust the plan as the wound changes. Those notes keep your whole care team working from the same information.
• We coordinate with your physician and home health team. We share our documentation, coordinate wound care orders and keep them current with your physician, and reach out when something changes, walking alongside your doctors and home health nurses, not around them, until the wound is fully healed.

Related reading

• How to Prevent Pressure Ulcers at Home
• A Family Caregiver’s Guide to Wound Care

We verify your benefits first, see how coverage works, or request a visit and we’ll come to you.