Our Nurses are Experts in Foot Care for All
Everyone has feet, but not everyone knows the value of them. Our nurses and staff at Footcare by Nurses believe everyone deserves great evidence-based foot care. There is no “one size fits all” model for foot care. Instead, our nurses give each patient the individualized care they deserve. We take care of all feet including those who are medically compromised and diabetic feet. The majority of our work is with elders.
Foot care is not just about nails or the cosmetic look of the foot; instead we focus on improving overall foot function to prevent falls and improve quality of life. Our work reduces pain, improves foot function, increases circulation, enhances balance and mobility which all translates into better quality of life. Who couldn’t use a little of that?
Our patients return to us time and time again because of the kindness, compassion, integrity, and caring shown in every visit. We have built a world where the patient-nurse relationship has trust extending beyond standard care.
What To Expect
Initial sessions are 45 minutes to 1 hour. Which allows us to get to know you and your health history and concerns. It also includes a full lower leg assessment, care, sharing of knowledge and our special tension releasing circulation-enhancing massage.
Ongoing sessions are about 30-minutes and always includes a lower limb assessment followed by the needed treatment and massage
Using the latest in non-toxic materials, foot care tools and technology are used to safely and gently tend to concerns such as long nails, fungal issues (eg. Athletes foot and/or fungal toenails) corns, calluses and skin care. Our nurses then apply oil to clean the skin and gently release the tension out of the foot and legs. The results speak for themselves. Dignity to toenails, feet that function to the best of their abilities, lighter legs and a quality one on one nurse-patient interaction.
Our nurses are not only trained in foot care they are also educators and patient advocates. They are knowledgeable, empathetic listeners with a broad base of skills. Our nurses have the functional knowledge base and experience needed to care for people, no matter what condition they may have.
While nurses are not able to diagnose medical issues, they have trained eyes, ears and a keen sense of perspective. When a nurse calls a doctor’s office with a concern about a patient, the doctor listens. Nurses also understand that being mortal requires some TLC for both the patient and the caregiver.
Foot Care Training & Learning
As a nurse, a nurse practitioner or other health care provider have you ever wanted to learn how to do foot care? FootCare by Nurses offers a number of opportunities, including how to use high-speed burrs.
Our board-certified nurses precept for both the WOCN’s CFCN and the AAFCN’s CFCS exam and we can provide both business consulting and real, hands on, foot care practice.
Please contact us at 413.367.8369 or email contact@FootCarebyNurses.net and we will be happy to answer your questions.
Are you an organization that cares about peoples’ feet?
Are you a caregiver, or an agency with RN’, LPNS, CNAS and PCA’s? We would be happy to come and talk to you about our services, but more importantly and we can come to your location and teach you about good foot care practices.
While you may think this is just for nursing agencies we share our knowledge with all. Our work is ultimately abut falls prevention and wellness. We have given talks to Kiwanis and Lions clubs, Runners groups, Senior centers and Grange groups, and even school groups. Feet are what most of us use to get around, and preventing problems from happening is about know how, please invite us to share our knowledge with you.
Born and kindled in the U Mass Amherst School of nursing PhD program, FootCare by Nurses has also been supported and mentored by the Berthiaume Institute and also received a Grinspoon award.
Find Us
Our home base is located in Greenfield MA, but our nurses travel throughout Franklin, Worcester, Hampshire, and Berkshire counties of Western Massachusetts. We’ve recently added service throughout Cape Cod.
There are a variety of ways to access our services:
- Private pay Home visits can be scheduled by calling 413.367.8369 or emailing contact@footcarebynurses.net – no referral needed.
- If you are not sure who to call we would be happy to talk to you. Call us at 413.367.8369, or email us at contact@footcarebynurses.net so that we can help you by pointing you in the right direction.
- We offer regular Field Clinics at Senior Centers, Councils on Aging, and other venues around Western Massachusetts. Appointments at senior centers and councils on aging are made directly through those programs.
- Currently, our certified foot care nurses can be found in Northampton, Conway, Easthampton, Holyoke, Amherst, Bernardston, Leyden, Greenfield, Shelburne, Rockridge, Leverett, Shutesbury, Wendell, Gardner, Sterling, Princeton.
- We contract through Life Path, WMEC, Greater Springfield Senior Services, Highland Valley, Montachusetts Home Care and Elder Services of Berkshire County. If you are under their care please ask your caseworker for a referral.
- If you have any questions, please call us at 413.367.8369 or send us an email at Contact@FootCarebyNurses.net.