Home-from-Hospital Care

Home-from-Hospital care is a short-term arrangement designed to bridge the gap between round-the-clock hospital care and living independently at home. If a longer-term care plan is required, you can transition from hospital care to domiciliary care, or specialist palliative or Alzheimer’s care, should this be required.

Carers who provide this kind of short-term support understand that their primary function is to help the person get back on their feet again as quickly as possible. It’s common for an elderly person to lose confidence following an accident or fall, and the Home-from-Hospital carer will take every precaution to ensure that their home environment is safe, secure and free of obstructions so that they can confidently enjoy it.

Some of the responsibilities of a Home-from-Hospital carer include:

• Recommending any specialist equipment required to help you move around the house and use furniture comfortably, such as a walking frame, raised toilet seat or adjustable bed
• Fitting this equipment, or overseeing the fitting, and making home adaptations for your safety, such as the fitting of bathroom grab rails
• Providing emotional support and encouragement
• Overseeing your recovery plan, ensuring you take your medicine and complete your physiotherapy exercises
• Performing household tasks, such as vacuuming, dusting and washing clothes
• Assisting you with meal preparation, eating, washing, getting into bed and dressing, should this be necessary.