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Wound Care Services - Wound Center for Excellence
Wound Care Services
At Harbor Village Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, our mission is to achieve positive outcomes for patients with hard to heal wounds. Our interdisciplinary wound care team, which includes a consulting wound physician, physical therapists, occupational therapists, a registered dietician, and VOHRA wound certified registered nurses, collaborates to develop a patient-centered approach based on the medical history and severity of the wounds with or without infections.
Certified Center of Excellence for Wound Management
The interdisciplinary wound care team includes physical and occupational therapists, registered dietitians, and registered nurses.
We treat a variety of conditions and provide an array of services including, but not limited to:
- Diabetic/neuropathic wounds
- Venous insufficiency ulcers
- Arterial insufficiency ulcers
- Post-surgical wounds, grafts and flaps
- Infected and/or draining wounds requiring IV antibiotics
- Wounds requiring frequent dressing changes
- Amputations
- Post-traumatic wounds
- Pressure ulcers
- Shortwave diathermy – a therapeutic elevation of tissue temperature to relieve pain
- Ability to reserve a room prior to surgery through our Reservation Program
- Physical and occupational therapy available up to seven days a week
- Progressive exercise regimen tailored to each patient’s needs and abilities
- Individualized plan of care for the patient’s specific needs
Through our wound care services, patients have access to the following:
- Medical nutrition therapy – nutritional assessment and management of diet to promote optimal wound healing
- Patient and family education on wound healing and prevention
- Healthy lifestyle programs such as nutrition education, smoking cessation, stress, and weight reduction
- Use of therapeutic beds and mattresses and pressure relieving devices
- Electrical stimulation physical therapy (E-Stim) to encourage wound healing
- Negative pressure wound therapy to promote healing for acute, chronic, and difficult-to-heal wounds
- Pain management
- On-site case management
Working Together – Making a Difference
The benefit of this program is the individualized care and team approach, with all members focusing on their area of clinical expertise.
By working together, our team can develop and implement a comprehensive plan of care that addresses the entire patient’s unique needs, resulting in optimal patient outcomes. We pride ourselves on our clinicians’ expertise and understanding of the most appropriate and effective wound care strategies supported by current research that enable our patients to regain function, strength, and ability to achieve the independence to safely return home.
Our teams coordinate the correct mix of physical and occupational therapies and modalities, along with physician and nursing care to meet each individual patient’s needs and provide recovery.
We work to develop goals with input from each patient to help achieve the greatest possible success.
For additional information or to make a referral please contact our Admissions department:
Phone: 860-447-1416
Fax: 860-447-9105
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Phone: 860-437-5407
Fax: 860-447-9105
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