Patient and Family and Our Gastrostomy Care:

Gastrostomy care can be a scary and stressful task in the home setting. Whether you’ve been recently discharged with a new gastrostomy tube or are having trouble with long-term management, we are available to help you and your family.

With Care Indeed, you will feel confident that our nursing staff provides:

• High-quality personalized care for your specific health requirements
• Compassionate and excellent care, with a focus on sterile technique for gastrostomy cleaning, maintenance, and medication/feed administration
• Detail-oriented nursing assessments and monitoring in the comfort of your own home

Care Indeed nurses can be an essential component to your home gastrostomy tube care and overall health care plan.

Health Professionals and Our Gastrostomy Care:

After discharging a patient with a gastrostomy tube, concerns of compliance and risk for blockages are important things to consider for your patient’s health outcomes. Using Care Indeed home care nurses, rest assured that your patients are receiving:

• Professional medical assessment and intervention, including monitoring signs of infection, gastrostomy displacement, or dislodgement
• Nursing care with an elevated focus on patient safety, including sterile technique for gastrostomy cleaning and medication/feed administration
• Ongoing contact with a medical advocate to provide gastrostomy education and resources

Care Indeed nurses act as medical advocates for your patient and their family and can be an essential part of your patient’s health care team.

The Care Indeed Advantage:

Care Indeed offers high standard nursing gastrostomy tube care to all patients. We pride ourselves on having compassionate, patient-focused staff who go above and beyond to provide the best care possible for our clients. Having a Care Indeed nurse for gastrostomy care also gives you access to:

• High standard nursing care in the comfort of your own home
• Educational resources for disease management, and access to other medical professionals such as care aides, medical social workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and more
• Access to a 24/7 support phone line
• Flexibility in nursing care hours with no down payment required