Wound Dressing in Australia

Home nursing service allows care recipients to receive professional nursing care in familiar surroundings. This can reduce stress and help the care recipients feel more at ease, which aids in their recovery.

By bringing nursing care to your doorstep, you can also save the hassle and cost of travelling and skip long queues at hospitals and clinics.

Proper wound care can speed up healing and reduce scarring. There is no one-size-fits-all solution — different wounds require different types of treatment and care.

In general, maintaining a moist, clean environment is best for wound healing. Minor wounds can usually be managed at home with simple dressing and medication for pain (if necessary). More complex wounds may require specialised treatments such as surgical debridement, draining, vacuum (suction) or VAC dressings, or even hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

It is also important to get enough rest and have a healthy, balanced diet.

Minor wounds can usually be treated with home remedies.

You should first wash and disinfect the wound, then use pressure and elevation to reduce the bleeding and swelling. Depending on the size of the wound, it can help to wrap it with a sterile wound dressing.

If the wound is not healing or seems to be getting worse, consult a doctor.

Most wounds fall into 1 of the 4 broad categories:

1. Laceration: any ‘cutting’ or ‘slicing’ type of wound
2. Puncture: wounds caused by a sharp, pointed object (usually has minimal skin loss, but can go very deep)
3. Abrasion: superficial and shallow wound caused by skidding, grazing or scraping
4. Avulsion: serious traumatic wound where skin and subcutaneous tissue are town away or apart

Different types of dressing can be left in place for different lengths of time, sometimes up to a week if they don’t become wet or show significant strikethrough. Removing a dressing that’s stuck to healing skin can cause trauma, so it’s generally recommended that dressings be left in place for as long as the manufacturer recommends. If they get too wet, it may be possible to change outer dressings while leaving the wound contact layer intact to prevent damage to new cells. Wounds that become infected may need to be changed more frequently, especially if there is a lot of pus or slough coming from the wound.

Dressing changes should be done with an aseptic, no-touch technique. Dressings should be changed in the cleanest possible environment, with clean hands and disposable gloves. Wounds should be gently cleaned and any slough that comes away easily should be removed. Anything material that does not come away easily should not be pulled at, in case it causes more damage.

Experienced nurses at Homage can visit your home to help assess and provide the appropriate care and treatment for your wound. Besides changing wound dressing, they can also advise you on what to look out for and share tips on how you can speed up healing.

While minor wounds can usually be managed with home remedies, more serious, deep or dirty wounds should be assessed by a nurse or doctor. Chronic wounds — those that take a long time to heal — may also need to be dressed regularly by nurses or trained caregivers.

Common types of wounds that Homage nurses can help with include bedsores, diabetic wounds and surgical incisions.

Homage nurses are enrolled or registered nurses who hold a valid Practicing Certificate with an active registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and have at least one year of ward experience.

Our licensed nurses are locals and come from different walks of life, each with their unique specialisations and care experiences. But they all have one common trait – a passion and dedication to delivering quality nursing care to families and care recipients.

You may use your Support at Home (SAH) to engage Homage services if you self-manage your SAH. You may connect Homage with your registered Self-managed provider to facilitate service bookings using your SAH funds.

We support both private clients and those on government waitlist but require care urgently. Please speak to our Care Advisor today at 0480 093 788 if you require care support.

You may use your NDIS funds to engage Homage services if:

1) You self-manage your NDIS funds – you may directly book services with us. Homage will issue you the service invoice for you to submit claims.

2) A plan manager manages your NDIS funds – you may connect Homage with your plan manager to facilitate service bookings using your NDIS funds.

We support both private clients and those on government waitlist but require care urgently. Please speak to our Care Advisor today at 0480 093 788 if you require care support.