Post-Surgical Care
Post-Surgical Care with Assisting Hands Home Care Wilmington
Your senior loved one is recovering and on the way home. Assisting Hands® Home Care Wilmington can guide your family through the complicated process of getting home safely and continuing your loved one’s recovery in the comfort of his or her own home. Our goal is to ensure your love one remains at home and isn’t readmitted to the hospital.
We do this by carefully planning the transition from the hospital or rehab center and continued care at home. A report by the CDC states that nearly 20% of people aged 65 and over are readmitted back to the hospital within 30 days.
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Four main reasons for readmission are:
- Lack of Follow Up: More than half of patients who are readmitted within 30 days didn’t follow up with their primary care doctor.
- Lack of Medication Management: 75% of patients fail to take their medications correctly due to the inability to understand the directions, remember a new medication schedule, or discontinue medications that have been changed.
- Lack of Communication: More than 50% of patients don’t communicate changes in their condition to their primary care doctors. What could be a simple office visit ends up being a readmission.
- Living Alone: A person who lives alone has a 50% or higher chance of being readmitted. This is mostly due to a lack of assistance in the home to pick up food and medications and assist with follow-up appointments.
You are recovering and on your way home. Assisting Hands® Home Care will help guide you through the complicated process of getting home safely and continuing your recovery in the comfort of your own home. Our goal is to ensure you remain at home and are not readmitted to the hospital. We do this by carefully planning your transition from the hospital or rehab center and your continued care at home. A report by the CDC states that nearly 20% of people aged 65 and over are readmitted back to the hospital within 30 days.
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Assisting Hands Home Care Wilmington Caregivers Will:
- Coordinate with the discharge team to ensure proper follow-up
- Do a home safety evaluation
- Ensure prescriptions are provided and acquire new prescriptions
- Provide medication reminders and remove old or unnecessary meds
- Schedule follow-up doctor appointments and help your loved one get to them
- Assist with the use of new equipment (wheelchair, walker, Hoyer, etc.)
- Prevent falls and provide awareness and education
- Help with illness/recovery-specific education
- Monitor changes in health conditions and communicate with your loved one’s primary doctor or nurse
- Assist with bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting
- Provide meal preparation and proper nutrition
- Do Light Housekeeping/Laundry
- Provide companionship/supervision for safety and peace of mind
Ask your loved one’s case manager or social worker to contact us to get your free copy of Assisting Hands Home Care’s Safe Discharge Planning Guide!
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For more answers to your questions, please give us a call directly at (781) 730-6972 and we’ll be happy to help!
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