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But all the same, when you are caring for only one patient, whose needs are well identified, there is no reason why you as a normally competent human being cannot learn to carry out many of the nursing tasks that will make your loved one comfortable. And since you have only the one person to focus on, you have the time to make a pretty good job of it, too.
It can be the steepest of learning curves, and ulcers are nasty and frightening, please don't think I don't sympathise. But if you take the attitude of "if you want a job done properly, you'd better do it yourself", and set out determined to make this the best cared-for ulcer that ever existed, you may even find some satisfaction in learning to deal with it. Plus, your loved one will have it attended to whenever it needs it, and not according to the hospice team's schedule.
Where is it, exactly?
In my experience home care nurses' job is to teach the patient's caregivers to provide the woundcare on days they do not visit. Unless you hire a private duty nurse/ professional CG it is not expected that a nurse come every day to do woundcare. A nurse may come weekly to assess the wound if it is chronic but only during the home care episode. Once Hospice takes over they provide the care; a home care agency will discharge the patient to the hospice provider as the Medicare "rules" (& other insurances as well) state one or the other, not both.
So sorry you are going through this stressful situation.
Very interesting information! Thanks.
I think the caregiver is supposed to continue daily care. I took care of a pressure sore daily but when the nurse came she did it, which gave her a good chance to inspect it.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to read the papers you signed for hospice to see what kind of help is included. Also, discuss it with the nurse or social worker, so that you know what to expect. Perhaps it is something like if an RN comes she or he can help with wound care, but if it is a volunteer visitor she or he cannot.
It is such a stressful time caring for a loved one at the end of life. Knowing what to expect from the hospice service can help manage that a bit. Have a calm and polite discusson with them about who does what, when.
I think in general daily wound care has to be taken on by the family when someone is in their own home, however I imagine you can have any level of service if you can afford it. This would be considered skilled nursing care though and you would have to pay accordingly. You should discuss this, and the lack of punctuality, with the agency you have hired.