This tutorial reviews the rationale for the Care at Home series, the key components and how to use these resources.
Wounds Canada has long aspired to develop a Care at Home Series, and the COVID-19 pandemic elevated this initiative to a top priority. This 10-part series offers valuable insights for personal care, professional care, and healthcare delivery. It is designed to promote and reinforce health-positive behaviours, support skin health, and enhance wound prevention and management strategies.
Changing a Dressing
This resource walks you through a simple, step-by-step process for changing a dressing, checking on how the wound is doing and giving information on when to call a health-care professional for help.
Preventing and Managing Venous Leg Ulcers
This resource outlines possible causes of leg swelling, provides information on what you can do at home to prevent or manage swelling should it occur and outlines when to call a health-care professional for help.
Preventing and Managing Pressure Injuries
This resource outlines the many things you can safely do to prevent a pressure injury from developing or to care for an existing pressure injury.
Safe Foot Care if You Have Diabetes
Patients with diabetes and their care partners can use this simple guide to care for their feet at home.
Preventing Surgical Site Infections
This resource provides guidance on things patients and their care partners can do before and after surgery to help prevent infections and recognize the signs of infections if they do occur.
Diabetic Foot Complications
Patients with diabetes and their care partners can use this simple guide to help prevent or care for diabetic foot complications at home.
Preventing and Managing Moisture-associated Skin Damage
This simple guide is intended to help patients and their care partners prevent and care for moisture-associated skin damage.
Preventing and Managing Minor Cuts (Cuts, Scrapes and Bruises)
This simple guide can be used by people of all ages to help keep their skin healthy by preventing minor skin injuries.
Preventing Skin Injuries for the Whole Family
This simple guide that can be used by families to prevent skin injuries at home.
Preventing and Managing Burns
This simple guide can be used by patients and their care partners for preventing or caring for burns at home.
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We acknowledge the support of the Red Cross and the Government of Canada
