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Home Health Month

Home Health Month

This month, we’re highlighting the importance of our partnerships in care with home health teams! These are the skilled professionals making a difference for patients in ways most people rarely see.

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Are You at Risk for Chronic & Complex Wounds?

Are You at Risk for Chronic & Complex Wounds?

Chronic and complex wounds aren’t just painful—they can disrupt your daily life. Whether it’s a diabetic ulcer, a pressure ulcer, or a venous leg wound, these wounds can be tough to treat without the right care.

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Spotting and Preventing Wound Recurrence

Spotting and Preventing Wound Recurrence

Chronic and complex wounds pose challenges even after they appear to heal, with recurrence being a common concern. Here’s what you need to know about spotting potential issues and ensuring that your wound stays on the path to full recovery.

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Top Causes of Slow Wound Healing and How Mobile Care Can Help

Top Causes of Slow Wound Healing and How Mobile Care Can Help

Wound healing is a complex process that typically occurs in four stages: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. A healing wound progresses naturally through each phase, eventually closing with healthy tissue. When this process is disrupted, wounds can become stalled in the inflammatory phase and become chronic, nonhealing wounds.

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5 Common Myths About Chronic Wound Care

5 Common Myths About Chronic Wound Care

Unfortunately, myths and misconceptions often prevent people from seeking proper care when suffering from a complex or chronic wound. In this article, we will debunk some of the most common myths about chronic wound care and highlight how advanced wound care treatments can make all the difference in healing.

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How Uncontrolled Diabetes Affects Wound Healing

How Uncontrolled Diabetes Affects Wound Healing

Diabetes and uncontrolled blood glucose levels can have a detrimental impact on wound healing. Understanding the connection between diabetes and impaired wound recovery can promote better adherence to treatment plans for managing blood sugar levels in diabetic patients.

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Debridement Promotes Wound Healing

Debridement Promotes Wound Healing

Debridement is an essential procedure in wound care, especially for chronic wounds that struggle to heal on their own. For patients and caregivers dealing with chronic wounds, understanding the role of debridement is essential for effective management.

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Warning Signs a Wound May Be Infected: What to Look For

Warning Signs a Wound May Be Infected: What to Look For

Wounds, whether from a minor scrape to a more serious injury, are a common part of life. While most wounds heal without issue, some can become infected, posing serious health risks. Recognizing the signs of an infection early on is crucial to preventing complications.

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What Does Care Coordination Look Like at Restore First Health?

What Does Care Coordination Look Like at Restore First Health?

At Restore First Health (RFH), care coordination is the heartbeat of our wound care program. It’s the meticulous process of weaving together various aspects of patient care to ensure that the overall health of each patient is thoroughly evaluated, every provider is on the same page, and every patient receives the best possible outcomes.

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Turning and Repositioning for Healthy Skin

Turning and Repositioning for Healthy Skin

Whether you’re a caregiver or someone taking care of themselves, repositioning is critical to the health of your skin. These simple steps can make a big difference in preventing skin problems and promoting healing.

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Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers

At Restore First Health, we care for many types of chronic wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). DFUs typically occur because of nerve damage and/or changes to blood flow in the lower extremities that is caused by high blood sugar levels in the body over a prolonged period. There are many simple steps a person with diabetes can take to prevent the development of a foot ulcer.

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Having Diabetes Can Affect Wound Healing

Having Diabetes Can Affect Wound Healing

At Restore First Health, our advanced wound care program treats chronic wounds that are often compromised or stalled because of a patient’s diagnosis of diabetes. Chronic wounds can have delayed healing caused by diabetes. Diabetes is important to monitor because it can slow wound healing if not properly managed and treated.

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Access to Advanced Wound Care at the Bedside Expands Across US

Access to Advanced Wound Care at the Bedside Expands Across US

Restore First Health (RFH) expands access to advanced wound care in Florida, Colorado and Kansas, creating opportunities for more patients across the country to heal from chronic wounds.

Formerly known as Restore Wound Care, based in Thornton, Colorado and Restore Medical Group Midwest, based in Wichita, Kansas, will now become part of the Restore First Health mobile wound program headquartered in Atlanta, Ga.

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The Power of Protein in Wound Healing

The Power of Protein in Wound Healing

For patients with chronic wounds, increasing the amount of protein in their diet can be an important factor to consider during the healing process. Wound healing in the body requires increased energy in the form of protein.

That’s why a nutrient-rich diet is an essential ingredient to rebuilding tissue.

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Benefits of Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) in Wound Healing

Benefits of Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) in Wound Healing

At Restore First Health, clinicians take a holistic approach to advanced care for chronic wounds, accounting for an array of factors, such as a patient’s heart health, nutrition and lifestyle. To understand the whole picture of a patient’s care plan, clinicians examine different pieces of information, just like assembling a puzzle.

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Tips for Families Caring for Wound Care Patients at Home

Tips for Families Caring for Wound Care Patients at Home

As the primary caregiver for a loved one’s wounds, one of your most important jobs is to prevent infection.

Not only because infection can lengthen the wound healing process, but also because certain infections can be life-threatening.

Our RFH Wound Care teams provide some tips and information to help loved ones caring for a wound at home.

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Understanding Diabetes – Tips for Prevention

Understanding Diabetes – Tips for Prevention

Did you know that our bodies turn food into glucose which gives us energy?

To use glucose as energy, our body needs insulin, a hormone that helps glucose get into our cells. If you have diabetes, your body may not make enough insulin, may not use insulin in the right way, or both. That can cause too much glucose to stay in the blood, which can cause health problems over time.

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You May Not Even Know You Have Diabetes

You May Not Even Know You Have Diabetes

More than 34 Million Americans are living with diabetes. What’s also staggering is that 1 in 5 Americans who are living with diabetes – don’t even know they have it.

In Georgia alone, there are well over a million people who have diabetes.

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