Mobile wound care and wound care at home in Bridgeton.

Wound care at home in Bridgeton

Two interstates, 70 and 270, cross in Bridgeton, with Lambert airport on one side of the city and the Missouri River on the other. St. Charles Rock Road remains the main local street. Much of this North County city was built up decades ago, and many longtime residents are now in their later years. Although Bridgeton has a hospital within its limits, getting to appointments is not simple for someone who no longer drives or cannot manage a transfer into a car. Care at home or in a facility addresses that.

Ranch houses and split-levels on quiet residential streets are typical of Bridgeton, joined by apartment complexes and condominiums. The area also has skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, assisted living and memory care. Gateway arranges visits with partner clinicians wherever the patient is staying. Someone might start with visits during a rehabilitation stay and continue at home afterward. We coordinate that change of address, passing along the records and the treating clinician’s orders so the plan carries over from one setting to the next.

Gateway arranges the same kind of visit across the region. Read more about mobile wound care in St. Louis.

To compare options before you call, read our guide to St. Louis wound care, which covers clinics, home visits and facility care for Bridgeton and nearby communities.

When the visit comes to the home

A home visit in Bridgeton starts with one phone call. You tell us where the person lives, what kind of wound it is and who is already involved, such as a surgeon, a primary care office or a home health agency. Gateway then confirms whether a partner clinician is available for that address, asks for recent records and sets a visit time with you. Before the visit we explain what to have ready, including the current dressings and a medication list. Afterward, the clinician’s orders go to whoever is carrying them out, and the next visit goes on the calendar.

For residents of senior living and nursing facilities

The visit only helps if the nurse on the next shift knows what changed. For residents of skilled nursing, assisted living and rehabilitation settings in Bridgeton, the treating clinician’s findings and orders are handed to facility nursing in writing after each visit: what was seen, the measurements, the dressing plan and what should prompt a call. The facility enters the orders in its own record and carries out the daily care. Gateway chases the loose ends, such as a supply that has not arrived, an order that needs clarifying or a consult the clinician requested. The resident’s attending physician is kept informed and remains responsible for overall medical care.

Wounds you can call about

You do not need to know the name of a wound to ask for help. If a sore on a leg, foot, heel or tailbone is not closing, or a surgical incision has opened, that is enough reason to call. For reference, these are the kinds of wounds Gateway arranges care for in Bridgeton.

• Diabetic foot ulcers
• Venous leg ulcers
• Pressure injuries and bed sores
• Arterial and mixed wounds
• Non-healing wounds
• Post-surgical wounds
• Reopened (dehisced) surgical wounds
• Surgical site infections
• Skin tears and traumatic wounds
• Wounds with lymphedema
• Skin graft aftercare
• Wound VAC (NPWT) follow-up

See every wound condition and all wound care services.

Coming home from the hospital

SSM Health DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton is the hospital closest to home for local residents and for much of northwest St. Louis County. Gateway is not affiliated with it. For a patient leaving the hospital with a surgical wound, a pressure injury or a new diagnosis, the first days at home are when questions come up. Families can call us directly. Discharge planners and case managers can phone or fax a referral with the patient’s contact details, and we coordinate records, orders and follow-up visits with a partner clinician.

Facilities near Bridgeton

People in Bridgeton often know these places by name. The list is drawn from public directories so you can get your bearings.

• Hospitals nearby: SSM Health DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton
• Skilled nursing and rehabilitation nearby: Avenir at Mark Twain (Bridgeton 63044); Life Care Center of Bridgeton (Bridgeton 63044); Florissant Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center (Florissant 63031); St. Sophia Health & Rehabilitation Center (Florissant 63031)
• Assisted living and memory care nearby: Veronica House (Bridgeton 63044); Lake St. Charles Assisted Living Apartments (St. Charles 63303); Laurel Meadows Assisted Living (St. Charles 63301)

Gateway is not affiliated with any facility listed here, and a listing does not mean a partnership or referral relationship. If the patient lives in one of them, tell us its name when you call so we can contact the right nurse or front desk.

Sources: Medicare Care Compare nursing home data (CMS) and the Missouri DHSS long-term care directory.

Primary care alongside wound care

Already have a primary care doctor you like? Keep them. Wound care arranged through Gateway in Bridgeton does not replace your regular office. With your permission, we send the wound clinician’s visit notes and any order changes to that office and ask it for your recent labs and history. If you have no primary care clinician, or can no longer get to the one you have, tell us when you call. Arranging primary care at home is something we can look into for you.

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Getting care in Bridgeton

To arrange care in Bridgeton, call 314-325-0126 with the patient’s address, a phone number, the name of their doctor and, if there was a hospital or rehab stay, the discharge paperwork. A list of medications helps too. Gateway coordinates care in Hazelwood, Maryland Heights, Overland and Florissant, and across the river in St. Charles. Bridgeton is easy to reach by highway, but availability is still confirmed by location and care setting before a visit is set.

Visits are confirmed by location and care setting, so call 314-325-0126 with your ZIP code to ask about your address.

Not sure the wound is serious enough to call about? Call anyway. A sore that has not improved in a few weeks, a surgical incision that has opened or a dressing routine that has become too much for the family are all reasonable grounds to ask. Reach Gateway at 314-325-0126 or at [email protected] (save medical details for the phone call). We will ask about the patient’s location in Bridgeton, explain how visits with partner clinicians are arranged and tell you plainly if what you need is something we cannot set up.

• County: St. Louis County, Missouri
• ZIP codes: 63044
• Care settings: Private homes, skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care and rehabilitation

Nearby: Hazelwood, Maryland Heights, Overland, St. Charles, Florissant

Paying for care

People with Original Medicare can ask Gateway what to expect before a wound care visit at home or in a facility. Have your red, white and blue card and any supplement (Medigap) card with you on the call. Good questions to ask about Medicare include:

• Does the treating provider participate with Medicare?
• What part of the cost might be my responsibility?
• Are dressings and supplies handled separately from the visit?

The answers depend on the provider and the care ordered, so they are confirmed case by case.

Common questions