🩹 What Is Home Wound Dressing?
Home wound dressing involves qualified nurses visiting elders’ homes to:
- Clean and dress wounds (surgical, pressure ulcers, diabetic foot, cuts)
- Use appropriate sterile materials (alginate, hydrocolloid, foam, iodine dressings)
- Prevent infections, maintain proper healing environments
- Replace dressings and monitor wound healing regularly pinehealthcare.co.in+12muniahtech.com+12mshealthcareservice.com+12icamshealthcare.in
📍 Providers & Services in Tamil Nadu
VaThala App / Muniah Technologies
- Book certified nurses via app for home wound care
- Offers foam, hydrocolloid, iodine dressings, surgical dressings
- Fully equipped nurse arrives with sterile pack and documents care sessions muniahtech.com
MS Health Care Service (Chennai)
- Skilled nurses for surgical wounds, diabetic ulcers, pressure sores, burns, chronic wounds
- Personalized care plans, flexible scheduling
- Contact via phone: +91 97382 51369 mshealthcareservice.com
ICAMS Healthcare (Bangalore with service model applicable to TN)
- Home wound cleaning & dressing
- Post-surgery and chronic wound management (diabetic, venous, pressure ulcers) brothersagencies.in+14icamshealthcare.in+14amazon.in+14
Carevive Home Healthcare (Delhi NCR, model available in TN)
- 24/7 wound care nurse visits; catheter and tube care also offered
- Budget-friendly; provides emergency home services
- Phone: 9999552192 agingwithgrace.in+1pinehealthcare.co.in+1reddit.com+3pinehealthcare.co.in+3amazon.in+3
MS Health Nursing Center (Chennai & TN)
- Specializing in elderly and bedridden wound management
- Offers free introductory visits and no-deposit trial periods homenursingcenter.com+1arxiv.org+1
🧪 Types of Dressings Used
- Alginate: for heavily exuding wounds; forms a moisture-retaining gel agingwithgrace.in+15en.wikipedia.org+15coloplast.in+15
- Hydrocolloid: self-adhesive, waterproof, ideal for pressure sores icamshealthcare.in+4en.wikipedia.org+4muniahtech.com+4
- Foam: for moderate to heavy exudate; absorbent and comfortable coloplast.in+4pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov+4muniahtech.com+4
- Iodine dressings (Inadine): antiseptic for superficial wounds en.wikipedia.org+1muniahtech.com+1
💸 Estimated Cost
- Single Nurse Visit: ₹300–₹700 per session (depending on region & care type) pinehealthcare.co.in
- Packages:
- Daily visits: ₹6,000–₹15,000/month
- 24×7 nurse coverage: ₹20,000–₹30,000/month
✅ Benefits of Home Wound Care
- Reduces hospital trips and infection risk
- Personalized care in the comfort of home
- Uses medically appropriate dressings to accelerate healing
- Regular monitoring and documentation through app diaries
- Emotional comfort for elderly patients