Mobile wound care and wound care at home in St. Peters.

Mobile wound care close to home in St. Peters

Interstate 70 carries most of the traffic through St. Peters, a St. Charles County city set between St. Charles to the east and O’Fallon to the west. Mid Rivers Mall Drive is the main north-south route, lined with shopping centers, and subdivisions fill in the blocks behind it. It is a car-dependent place. When a wound, weakness or a recent surgery makes getting in and out of a car hard, even a short drive to an appointment becomes a project. Care that comes to the home or facility takes the car out of the picture.

Most people in St. Peters live in single-family subdivisions, and many of those houses are split-level or two-story, with the bedrooms up a flight of stairs. There are also apartment complexes, condominiums, villas for older adults, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing facilities. Gateway arranges visits with partner clinicians in any of these settings. For a home visit we confirm the address and who will be there. For a facility visit we work with the nursing staff on timing, records and orders so the visit fits the resident’s day.

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

Families in St. Peters can also start with the overview of wound care in St. Louis, from wound types to what to expect at the first visit.

Home visits in St. Peters

For a family caregiver, the hard part of a parent’s wound is often the logistics: time off work, getting someone with a sore leg into a car, a long wait at a clinic. When Gateway arranges wound care at home in St. Peters, the visit comes to the house instead. You can be in the room, join by phone or ask for a call afterward, as long as the patient agrees. Tell us who helps with dressing changes and how much they can realistically do. The treating clinician uses that to build a plan the household can carry out. Our page for families caring for someone with a wound explains more.

Wound care in facilities in St. Peters

Rehabilitation stays are short and busy, and a wound can get lost between therapy sessions. For patients in rehabilitation centers in St. Peters, Gateway arranges wound visits around the therapy schedule, so the clinician can see the wound without costing the patient a session. The other priority is the next move. Before discharge, we ask where the patient is going, who will do dressing changes there and whether supplies and orders are in place. If follow-up at home or in a long-term care setting is wanted, it can be requested before the patient leaves, so the plan started in rehab continues with the same information.

Wound conditions we help with in St. Peters

Referring offices, home health agencies and facilities in St. Peters can use this list as a guide to what Gateway coordinates. It is not exhaustive. If a patient has a wound that does not fit a category, send the request anyway, and the treating clinician will determine what is appropriate.

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

See every wound condition and all wound care services.

Coming home from the hospital

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital sits within the city, and many residents also receive care at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles or Progress West Hospital in O’Fallon. Gateway is not affiliated with any of them. If you or a relative is coming home from one of these hospitals with a wound or a new care need, you can call us before or after discharge. Discharge planners and case managers can refer by phone or fax, and we coordinate records, the clinician’s orders and the first visit with a partner clinician.

Hospitals and senior care near St. Peters

These facilities are in or near St. Peters. They come from public directories and are listed only to help you get your bearings.

• Hospitals nearby: Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital; SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles; Progress West Hospital in O'Fallon
• Skilled nursing and rehabilitation nearby: St. Peters Rehab and Healthcare Center (St. Peters 63376); St. Peters Post Acute (St. Peters 63376); McClay Senior Care (St. Peters 63376); Ignite Medical Resort St. Peters (St. Peters 63376)
• Assisted living and memory care nearby: Spencer Place Assisted Living (St. Peters 63376); NHC Place, St. Peters Memory Care (St. Peters 63376); Clarendale of St. Peters (St. Peters 63376)

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.

Looking after the whole patient

Closing a wound is one goal. Keeping the next one from opening is another, and that work belongs largely to primary care. Regular skin and foot checks, attention to swelling and blood sugar, and a plan for staying mobile all lower the chance that a healed wound comes back. For patients in St. Peters, Gateway can arrange for primary care follow-up to continue after wound visits end, so a clinician is still watching the things that led to the wound.

Primary care at home in St. Peters →

Getting care in St. Peters

Before calling Gateway at 314-325-0126, gather a few things: the St. Peters street address, a good callback number, the name of the patient’s doctor, and discharge papers if there was a recent hospital or rehab stay. An insurance card is useful for coverage questions. We also coordinate care in St. Charles, O’Fallon, Cottleville, Weldon Spring and elsewhere in St. Charles County. Visit availability is confirmed by location and care setting, so tell us whether the patient is at home or in a facility.

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

Have a few things within reach before you call 314-325-0126 about wound care in St. Peters:

• the address where visits would take place, and the facility name if there is one
• the insurance cards
• the names of the primary care clinician and any surgeon or specialist involved
• a medication list
• discharge papers or wound instructions from a recent hospital or clinic visit

Missing some of these is fine. Once you give permission, we can request records from other offices. The call itself is a conversation about what is going on and what you are hoping to arrange.

• County: St. Charles County, Missouri
• ZIP codes: 63376
• Care settings: Private homes, skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care and rehabilitation

Nearby: St. Charles, O'Fallon, Missouri, Cottleville, Weldon Spring, St. Charles County

Insurance and coverage

Whether a visit is a covered benefit is the first thing most people ask, and the fair answer is that it depends. Three things decide it: the treating provider, your plan and the care that is needed. Gateway can take questions about coverage for Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and commercial insurance, and we work with the treating provider’s office to check participation and benefits before a visit is scheduled. We tell you what we learn and what is still unknown, instead of guessing.

Common questions