Mobile wound care and wound care at home in Collinsville.

Wound care at home in Collinsville

Collinsville sits on the bluffs at the eastern edge of the American Bottom, with Interstate 55/70 along its northwest side and Interstate 255 just beyond. Most of the city is in Madison County, and its southern end reaches into St. Clair County. The highways make it a commuter town, yet plenty of residents have lived here for decades and plan to stay. For someone with a slow-healing wound or several chronic conditions, the ride to an appointment can be the hardest part of the week. Care arranged at home or in a facility removes that trip.

Homes in Collinsville range from older frame houses and brick bungalows near Main Street to ranch homes, newer subdivisions and apartment complexes closer to the interstates. Senior apartments, assisted living and skilled nursing care are part of the city too. Gateway arranges visits in each of these settings with partner clinicians. In a private home, we work out timing with the patient or a family member. In a facility, we coordinate with the nursing staff so the treating clinician has the chart, the current orders and a good time to see the resident.

For an overview of how home visits work across the region, see mobile wound care in St. Louis.

Gateway arranges wound care in St. Louis across the city, the county and the Metro East, and Collinsville is part of that area.

When the visit comes to the home

Dressings, wraps and other supplies are part of what Gateway coordinates for patients at home in Collinsville. Once the treating clinician decides what the wound needs, the order goes to a supplier, and we follow up on delivery and on what your plan requires. Supplies usually arrive in amounts meant to last a set period, so tell us before you run low, not after. Store them dry, in one spot, away from heat and pets. If a product irritates your skin or will not stay in place, say so. The clinician can change the order, and our supply coordination follows up with the supplier.

Wound care in facilities in Collinsville

Assisted living is not a nursing home, and that matters for wounds. Assisted living communities in Collinsville differ in how much nursing they have on site and in what their staff are permitted to do, so the first question is who will change the dressing between clinician visits. Sometimes it is the community’s nurse. Often it is a home health nurse who comes in, and sometimes a family member. For wound care in assisted living, Gateway arranges for a partner clinician to see the resident in their own apartment. We then make sure the orders reach whoever does the daily care and that staff know what to watch for and whom to call.

Types of wounds

Not sure which of these describes the wound you are worried about? Sorting that out is the treating clinician’s job, not yours. The list shows the range of wound conditions Gateway helps people in Collinsville arrange care for, from pressure injuries to wounds that follow surgery.

• Diabetic foot ulcer care in Collinsville
• Venous leg ulcer care in Collinsville
• Pressure injury and bed sore care in Collinsville
• Arterial and mixed wound care in Collinsville
• Non-healing wound care in Collinsville
• Post-surgical wound care in Collinsville
• Care for a reopened surgical wound in Collinsville
• Wound follow-up after a surgical site infection in Collinsville
• Skin tear and traumatic wound care in Collinsville
• Wound care with lymphedema in Collinsville
• Skin graft and donor-site aftercare in Collinsville
• Wound VAC and NPWT follow-up in Collinsville

See every wound condition and all wound care services.

Hospitals and discharge planning near Collinsville

Three hospitals are within reach of Collinsville. Anderson Hospital in Maryville is just north on Route 159, HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, Illinois is a short drive to the southeast, and Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City lies west across the river bottoms. Gateway Wound Care is not affiliated with any of them. When a discharge is planned, a family member or the hospital’s discharge planner can contact us with the patient’s details. We gather the discharge paperwork and orders, confirm where the patient is going, and arrange follow-up with a partner clinician.

Hospitals and senior care near Collinsville

Nearby facilities for Collinsville, taken from public directories, are listed here as a reference.

• Hospitals nearby: Anderson Hospital in Maryville; HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital in O'Fallon, Illinois; Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City
• Skilled nursing and rehabilitation nearby: Evercare of Collinsville (Collinsville 62234); Eden Village Care Center (Glen Carbon 62034); Evercare at Edwardsville (Edwardsville 62025); La Bella of Edwardsville (Edwardsville 62025)

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).

Primary care at home in Collinsville

Already have a primary care doctor you like? Keep them. Wound care arranged through Gateway in Collinsville 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 Collinsville

When you call 314-325-0126 about care in Collinsville, have the street address and ZIP code (62234), a phone number, the name of the patient’s regular doctor and any discharge papers within reach. Tell us whether the patient lives in a house, an apartment or a facility. Gateway also arranges care in Glen Carbon, Edwardsville, Granite City, Fairview Heights and Belleville, so relatives in neighboring towns can be discussed in the same call. Visit availability depends on the location and care setting, and we confirm it before anything is scheduled.

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 Collinsville, explain how visits with partner clinicians are arranged and tell you plainly if what you need is something we cannot set up.

• County: Madison County, Illinois
• ZIP codes: 62234
• Care settings: Private homes, skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care and rehabilitation

Nearby: Glen Carbon, Fairview Heights, Edwardsville, Granite City, Belleville, Illinois

Paying for care

Medicaid questions need a little extra detail because the region spans two states. Missouri’s program (MO HealthNet) and Illinois Medicaid are separate, each with its own plans and rules, and coverage from one state generally does not carry over to the other. Tell us which state issued the coverage, the plan name on the card and whether the patient also has Medicare. The treating provider’s participation and the benefits for the care needed are then checked for that specific plan. Our guide to Medicaid and wound care lists what to ask. Gateway does not decide coverage.

Common questions