Unless he has a HomeCare RN, he has to change his ulcer bandage a minimum of every 48 hours himself, not just once a week, more like 3 times a week.
I fell off a small cliff on Maui in 2023, and my hand wound was stitched, but my shin wound was taped with "Steri-Strips" in the ER (instead of stitched), which came off in 2 days, leaving an open wound the size of a quarter. It took 10 months to finally heal and close up.
My Doctor ordered a Home Care RN (who does only wound care) to see me twice a week during the healing process. She orders ALL supplies, redoes my bandage, takes pictures and notes, then sends the info to my Primary and Specialist. Medicare provides this service.
His Doctor must order it. They are great and will set up a basic schedule. They come in for 30 minutes and go.
Have his doctor order in home care. Bandages should be done by a qualified wouldcare nurse. With homecare, he may get an aide a couple of times a week to bathe him.
Sure, but with TRAINING. That is to say, if you are hiring on a caregiver that will be doing dressing changes it is crucial that this caregiver is trained in dressing changes in general, and specifically in the needs of this dressing change. Most dressing changes are a sterile procedure, and the doctor will tell you whether this is going to require a visiting nurse to change dressings. That is more normal than asking that a hired caregiver do such a procedure. There will be a difference in cost of someone skilled enough to handle dressing changes, so this would be something you would have to vet on your own through an agency.
Speak with the doctor about needs and requirements here for this individual patient with his/her individual need.
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I fell off a small cliff on Maui in 2023, and my hand wound was stitched, but my shin wound was taped with "Steri-Strips" in the ER (instead of stitched), which came off in 2 days, leaving an open wound the size of a quarter. It took 10 months to finally heal and close up.
My Doctor ordered a Home Care RN (who does only wound care) to see me twice a week during the healing process. She orders ALL supplies, redoes my bandage, takes pictures and notes, then sends the info to my Primary and Specialist. Medicare provides this service.
His Doctor must order it. They are great and will set up a basic schedule. They come in for 30 minutes and go.
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Speak with the doctor about needs and requirements here for this individual patient with his/her individual need.