Private Care NZ offers wound care services & management, treating chronic, acute, & complex wounds with expert care.
Healing at home is made simple and effective with proper wound care and management. Our professional and compassionate team can come to you to treat and manage all kinds of wounds: chronic, acute, complex, surgical, and more. The wound care services we provide are also able to be integrated with other at-home services for holistic, comprehensive care that meets the unique needs of each individual patient.
Our service allows patients to get the medical attention they require without leaving the comfort and reassurance of their own environment. Access quality, responsive, and tailored wound care for the elderly, disabled, and injured: contact Private Care NZ today.
With a variety of specific services offered under the umbrella of “wound care and treatment”, our team can provide informed and responsive care. Our trained team is well versed in the different treatments required for chronic wound care, acute wound care, and complex wound care, and equipped to administer what’s required for optimal healing.
Keeping your wound clean is crucial for promoting proper healing and avoiding infection. Depending on the condition and position of the wound, it can be a delicate task requiring skill and specialised products. Our professional and qualified team can take care of this and minimise your risk of complications.
Proper dressing according to the type and location of a wound is much more than slapping on a plaster and hoping for the best. Our experienced team members can determine the type of dressing required and apply it effectively to minimise risk of infection and promote healing.
Healing is often not linear. Knowing when further treatment or intervention is required can be the difference between recovery and setback. The Private Care NZ wound care service includes keeping a close eye on wounds to track progress and determine when the wound management plan needs to change.
All of the tasks mentioned above and more go into preventing the secondary complications of serious wounds. These can include:
Our comprehensive wound care services can minimise the chances of these complications developing, and catch them early if they do.
There are many benefits to receiving wound care at home. Being comfortable in familiar surroundings is valuable, something which science has confirmed: this review and meta-analysis of studies concluded that patients receiving “hospital-at-home” care (home visits) had “a lower risk for readmission by 26% and a lower risk for long-term care admission relative to the in-hospital group.”
Additionally, the review found that “Patients who received hospital-at-home care also had lower depression and anxiety scores than patients receiving in-hospital care.”
Other significant benefits of receiving injury recovery support and wound care management at home include:
Proper medical attention is crucial to the management and healing of serious wounds, but in many cases it can be provided outside of a hospital or clinical setting. Get in touch with Private Care NZ to find out more.
It’s our privilege to offer tailored wound care to seniors and the elderly. Alongside our range of other services, from cancer care to home help, with options for 24-hour care when needed, providing injury recovery support and wound management to the elderly community allows them to remain independent and in their own homes for as long as possible.
Our services are particularly valuable to seniors with mobility issues, those battling chronic conditions, and those recovering from surgery – anyone who needs some help with daily tasks or health challenges. While our elderly wound care service promotes optimal physical healing, other services target other areas of wellbeing for holistic and comprehensive support.
Caring for elderly family members can be a heavy task, and we’re proud to get behind families by providing additional, specialised caregiving resources. From elderly injury support to more long-term services like dementia care and respite care, we’re part of the team supporting elderly people and their loved ones across New Zealand.
No two wounds are exactly the same, but they are often sorted into broad categories according to their form and/or origins. Private Care NZ’s qualified carers can clean, dress, treat, and monitor all of the different types.
These are minor cuts, scrapes, and abrasions that will generally heal within a predictable timeframe. Simple wounds may not need much in the way of care, but in elderly patients even more minor wounds may benefit from monitoring.
These are injuries that occur suddenly (cuts, burns, surgical wounds, etc). They will generally have a predictable timeframe for healing (it may be a long one, depending on the severity of the wound), and can be simple or more complex: this will inform the type of acute wound care required.
A chronic wound may happen suddenly, or be caused or perpetuated by an underlying health condition. They can include diabetic ulcers, pressure sores, etc, and they have longer and more unpredictable healing time frames than other types, with higher chances of recurrence. Specialised chronic wound care minimises the pain caused and promotes long-term healing.
Complex wounds often involve significant tissue damage, sometimes with involvement of other body structures like bones. Often, healing is delayed and specialised treatment might be required. Our team has complex wound management skills that can help patients achieve the best outcomes.
Wounds can also be categorised as open (those which involve a break in the skin, exposing underlying tissue) and closed (those which do not, such as bruises and crush injuries). Our wound cleaning, wound management, and wound dressing services cover a multitude of different injuries, and are an important aspect of our comprehensive at-home care offering.
Wound management, as a stand-alone service or part of a wider care plan with Private Care NZ, kicks off with a simple process that ensures we can provide the best care to promote the healing of each person we support. It’s important to our team that the wound care service we provide is well-informed and tailored to the needs of each unique case.
Our thorough approach includes hearing from interested and relevant parties to get a full picture of what’s required for the best possible outcome. These can include family members, friends, medical providers, and any other carers.
The process of accessing wound care and treatment includes:
A consultation: This allows us to gather all relevant information about the wound/s from the patient, medical providers, and other parties who might be able to contribute to a clearer picture.
Care plan development: A wound care treatment plan is developed with the information gathered, taking into consideration medical requirements and the practicalities of at-home care.
Treatment: The plan is put into action, with professional care providers cleaning, dressing, and treating the wound in the comfort of the patient’s home.
Follow-up: We follow up with patients and their support people and check in regularly to ensure that the treatment is progressing as intended and whether changes need to be made.
Like all of our care services, our wound care is able to be included in a holistic, comprehensive package that meets the varied and variable needs of each individual we support.
We have a variety of qualified care professionals on the Private Care NZ team, which means that when they come into your home, they have the skills and qualifications necessary to do the job they’re tasked with. From home help to wound management, compassionate caregivers to medical professionals, you’ll have who you need when you need them.
We choose our people based on compassion, professionalism, and qualifications: so our patients can rest assured they’re getting the best. Our policy is always to adhere to New Zealand’s best practices for wound management. It’s important to us to remain up to date with the current guidelines and recommendations (from professional bodies such as the New Zealand Wound Care Society) while taking into account individual preferences and circumstances.
The proper care of our patients is top priority, whether in wound care or any other service. Our carefully chosen team helps us to ensure we attain the highest of standards.
Each wound is different. Open and closed wounds; simple, acute, chronic, and complex wounds: there are many ways to categorise them, but each individual case will have unique requirements and considerations. The Private Care NZ team will assess each patient and create a comprehensive care plan that can include cleaning, dressing, medication, and more.
If you have a wound that won’t close (often called a chronic wound), we recommend seeking medical attention. Often, these wounds will require ongoing care and treatment, but this begins with diagnosis or advice from a medical professional.
The first step to accessing wound care at home with Private Care NZ is simply to get in touch. From there, our team can arrange an assessment, consult with relevant parties, and propose a care plan.
Potential complications include infection, hematoma, necrosis of tissue, excess scarring, and ongoing pain. These can be caused by medical or lifestyle factors, and can also occur for no obvious reason at all. Proper cleaning, dressing, and treatment of wounds helps to minimise the risk of complications.
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Get the best at-home care for wounds of all types: contact Private Care NZ today. Our quality wound care service is available nationwide, with qualified, experienced professionals ready to deliver it in the comfort of your own surroundings.
Proper wound care and management is crucial to long-term healing. Don’t let it slide; make your health a priority. Get in touch with our team today.
