Wound Care Program
Our Wound Care Program provides specialized care in the comfort and safety of the patient’s home. The program is designed for patients recovering from surgery, managing a chronic or complex wound, or requiring ongoing ostomy or continence support. Visiting Nurse Health System’s goal is to promote healing, prevent complications, reduce avoidable hospitalizations, and help patients regain independence.
The program includes clinical oversight by a certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse (WOCN). The WOCN collaborates with the patient’s physician or authorized provider and the home health care team to guide evidence-based treatment, evaluate healing progress, recommend changes to the plan of care, and provide education to patients, caregivers, and clinicians.
Highly skilled Visiting Nurse professionals provide expert wound assessment and treatment with compassion, understanding, and respect. We help patients and caregivers gain the knowledge and confidence needed to safely manage wound care between visits while relieving some of the burden placed on families.
Home health wound care requires an order from a physician or authorized provider and is covered by Medicare and many insurance plans when eligibility requirements are met. Services are provided according to the patient’s individualized plan of care and may include:
- Comprehensive wound assessments and measurements
- Individualized wound treatment plans
- WOCN consultation and clinical oversight
- Coordination with physicians, surgeons, wound clinics, and other providers
- Negative-pressure wound therapy management
- Advanced dressing selection and application
- Ostomy assessment, education, and support
- Pressure-injury prevention and treatment
- Infection monitoring and early identification of complications
- Pain and symptom-management education
- Nutritional education to support wound healing
- Patient and caregiver training
- Ongoing monitoring of wound-healing progress
Below are some of the conditions our Wound Care Program can help manage:
- Pressure injuries
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Venous and arterial ulcers
- Surgical wounds
- Nonhealing and chronic wounds
- Traumatic wounds
- Severe skin tears
- Wounds requiring negative-pressure wound therapy
- Ostomies
- Moisture-associated skin damage
- Continence-related skin complications
“Part of hospice is taking care of the patient while they’re here, but also the family after the patient’s gone.” – Lanise Shortell, RN CHPPN, CPLC, Pediatric Hospice Nurse
Just because you’re going home, you don’t have to go alone. If you need home health services, rely on the most trusted provider in Georgia, Visiting Nurse Health System. For more information call (404) 215-6000.
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We wanted to share a memorable moment in the lives we serve, who have served.
Yesterday, our Hospice Atlanta team was busy - veterans honoring veterans.
Here is one of the many remarkable moments to share:
Our Hospice Volunteer, and retired Navy Captain Alan, was busy yesterday honoring our patients who are Veterans, and honoring them in a Pinning Ceremony. One of our patients` family member wanted to share her experience.
"My husband, Lt. Commander Paul R. M. was honored today with the ceremony from a retired captain of the Navy who volunteers with Hospice Atlanta. My husband received a certificate, a veterans pin, and a star that is cut from a retired flag of the United States of America. It was a very moving ceremony and Paul enjoyed it thoroughly. I`m very proud for him and all the lives he`s saved as a cardiologist in his Naval service to his community and our country." Sara M., Hospice Atlanta Patient`s wife.
#veterans #VeteransDay #hospiceatlanta #visitingnursehealthsystem #honor #VALOR #dignity
📣Open Enrollment: Navigating Medicare Choices
Visiting Nurse Health System and Hospice Atlanta want to help you stay informed and make the best choices for your healthcare coverage.
Medicare Open Enrollment is October 15 – December 7.
This is your opportunity to review your current coverage, compare plans, and make changes for the year ahead.
✅ Review your current Medicare coverage
✅ Compare plans, benefits, and costs
✅ Make sure your doctors, prescriptions, and services are covered
Your health and peace of mind matter to us! Take time to review your options and make informed decisions about your care.
Medicare: Annual Open Enrollment is October 15–December 7, 2026. Beneficiaries can review and change Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans.
Medicaid: There is no annual Open Enrollment period in Georgia. Eligible individuals can apply year-round, and current beneficiaries can renew or update their information as needed
Learn more at:
Medicare.gov or call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).
Georgia Medicaid at gateway.ga.gov or call 1-877-423-4746
For questions about eligibility, applications, renewals, or updating your information.
#MedicareOpenEnrollment #SeniorHealth #VisitingNurseHealthSystem #HospiceAtlanta
⭐ Excellence in Care, Right at Home!
Visiting Nurse’s Home Health division is proud to have our patients give a 4-Star Rating! We are proud to bring quality care into our patients` home each day, and this award is a genuine reflection of our commitment to delivering exceptional care, improving outcomes, and helping patients live safely and independently at home.
Congratulations to our incredible Home Health team for making a difference in the lives of those we serve every day!
#visitingnursehealthsystem #HomeHealth #QualityCare #4StarRating
As we close October, National Physical Therapy Month, we’ve had a great time celebrating our Physical Therapists (PT) and Physical Therapist Assistants (PTA). The great work they do each day lives on year long, helping patients stay strong, mobile, and independent at home. Thank you PTs! #PTMonth #gratitude
🎃 No tricks, just treats, and a whole lot of TRUE care! 🧡
Our Visiting Nurse Health System / Hospice Atlanta team is out and about this Halloween, bringing comfort, compassion, and a little extra care to patients right where they call home. Because the sweetest treat is knowing you`re cared for! 👻🩺
#VisitingNurse #TRUECare #Halloween #CareAtHome
Celebrating our employee of the month! Congratulations!
Visiting Nurse celebrated our Home Health Physical Therapists this week in recognition of PT Appreciation Month!
For more than 78 years, we’ve served Atlanta, helping patients regain strength, improve mobility and maintain independence at home. We are grateful to our PTs for the skill, compassion and dedication they bring to our patients every day.
To all of our PTs/PTAs, thank you for the work you do, the lives you touch and the difference you make for Visiting Nurse and the families we serve!
#ptappreciationmonth#homehealthcare#physicaltherapy#visitingnursehealthsystem #agingathome
The hidden caregiving crisis is a workforce issue, and a critical part of the ongoing conversation about the future of aging at home.
We’d like to thank everyone who joined us today for the Visiting Nurse Healthcare Champions Event: Leadership Conversations That Drive Change, hosted by Genuine Parts Company.
A special thank-you to Genuine Parts Company’s Renay Blumenthal, Sr. Director, Corporate Giving & Community Relations, for leading the day’s event with a warm welcome, and kicking off the day’s amazing line up of speakers.
Honored to have this event moderated by Crystal Edmonson of the Atlanta Business Chronicle, we are very grateful for our panelists for sharing their leadership expertise and perspectives on the growing demands facing working family caregivers and how employers can help support them:
• Rachel Cannady, Senior Associate Director, Caregiving, The Carter Center
• Keisha Olinger, Region Leader, Marsh People and Investments, Mid-South
• Eric Barker, Analyst, Senior Health & Welfare, Southern Company
Thank you to our own President and CEO, Dorothy Davis, for speaking today, and continuing to bring community leaders together to keep this important conversation going, critical to addressing the future of healthcare in our communities. At Visiting Nurse, we see firsthand how family caregivers help older adults remain safe, comfortable and independent at home. Yet balancing caregiving responsibilities with work and family life can create significant challenges for our own employees, employers and families.
Supporting caregivers is essential to helping seniors age with dignity in the place they call home. By bringing business and community leaders together, we can raise awareness, explore meaningful workplace solutions and strengthen the support systems families need. Because caring for those who care for others matters, too.
Thank you to Genuine Parts Company for hosting this important conversation and Huntington Bank for sponsoring our Healthcare Champions series. Together, we can help build healthier workplaces, stronger families and more supportive communities for Georgia’s aging population.
The future of aging at home starts with all of us!
Grateful our Healthcare Champions, with the generous support of event sponsor Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, brought together key community leaders, partners and distinguished guests for an important conversation about the future of healthcare and aging in Georgia.
Lead by nationally-recognized healthcare attorney Bill A. Dombi, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP (AGG), and Visiting Nurse President and CEO Dorothy Davis, this important conversation investigated how healthcare, business, philanthropy and public policy can work together to strengthen the infrastructure, innovation and partnerships that help Georgians age safely, independently and with dignity at home. Including Georgia`s healthcare community leaders, changemakers and valued community partners in attendance, the room was filled with people committed to shaping what comes next.
Thank you to all of our guests who joined the conversation, with a very special thank you to Bill Dombi for leading the day`s event. Thank you to our host Arnall Golden Gregory LLP for sponsoring this important event.
#VisitingNurseHealthSystem #HealthcareChampions #AgingAtHome #HealthcareLeadership #GeorgiaHealthcare #HospiceCare
Happy National Case Management Week!
And a little appreciation goes a long way, as Phillip Walters, of Hospice Atlanta, made life a little sweeter joining Northside Hospital’s Case Management Vendor Event! Sharing important resources and information on critical care, a great time was had celebrating these dedicated case managers who make a difference for patients and families every day.
Thank you for all you do, and a shout out to our local Scrumpt bakery for helping make their special week even sweeter! #NationalCaseManagementWeek #HospiceAtlanta
⭐ Camp STARS 2026 is getting ready to shine! ⭐
Our Camp STARS volunteers and facilitators came together Saturday for a meaningful training workshop to prepare for our campers this November!
From learning and sharing ideas, together our volunteers planned grief-group activities designed to help children and families connect, express their feelings and grow through their journeys of grief. 💙
Prepared for Camp weekend, filled with moments that matter, these dedicated leaders are ready to make Camp STARS a meaningful and memorable experience for our families.
Thank you to our amazing Camp STARS volunteers and facilitators for showing up with heart and purpose!
We’re so grateful for the heart, creativity and compassion our Camp STARS volunteers bring to this special weekend. ⭐
#CampStars#hospiceatlanta#visitingnursehealthsystem#campvolunteers#griefsupport#MakingADifference
