It’s exciting for your elderly family member to finally hear that she’s going home from the hospital. It can also be an overwhelming time, too, which means that it helps to slow down a bit and make sure you’ve got all the bases covered. With the right help, your senior may heal faster than either of you expect her to heal.
Your Senior’s Doctor Says She’s Ready to Go Home
What starts the ball rolling for your senior to leave the hospital is for her doctor to confirm that she’s ready to be discharged. If your elderly family member is recovering from an injury or has just had surgery, her doctor will likely be very clear with her about the criteria involved in making sure that she’s able to leave. Once your senior meets those criteria, the process starts.
Successful Discharge Means She Avoids Readmittance
In order to say that your senior has successfully been discharged from the hospital, she has to avoid being readmitted to the hospital. Hospital readmittance is bad for hospitals, insurance companies, and your senior. If your elderly family member is released too early, she may not be able to recover fully which can mean that her overall condition worsens and that it’s more costly overall to treat the problem.
Make Sure to Understand the Discharge Instructions
There’s a lot going on when you find out that your senior is about to be discharged from the hospital. It’s tough to keep up with everything, so it’s really important that you read the discharge instructions carefully and ask questions. Anything that is confusing or that doesn’t make sense is important to clarify as much as possible before your senior goes home.
Ask about Home Health Care Services
Home health care services are an excellent option for extra help while your senior is recovering at home. Your senior’s doctor needs to sign off on the recommendation, but this is especially important if your elderly family member is recovering from surgery or if there are wounds or other health needs that require monitoring. This can help to greatly reduce your senior’s risk of being readmitted.
Coming home from the hospital can be enough to worry about. Neither you nor your senior should have to worry about whether she’s getting the care that she needs in order to recover fully from whatever health issues required her to be in the hospital.
If you or an aging loved-one is considering home health care in North Texas please contact the caring staff at Arcy Healthcare today. 469-293-1515
My name is Jimmie Stapleton. I am the founder and CEO of Arcy Healthcare. Arcy Healthcare includes Arcy Hospice, Arcy Supportive Care, MaximaCare Home Health and Arcy at Home.
Arcy Hospice was opened in 2007 to provide care and support for individuals and families facing a life limiting illness. It was established after my wife Ellen, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, had completed her chemo and radiation therapies. At that time, things were looking positive, and we wanted to do something for our community that had been so supportive of our family during her treatments. Unfortunately, the cancer returned a few years later, and she subsequently passed away under our care in 2010.
In the years that followed, I began to see the need to provide the same level of excellent care to patients across the continuum of care. Therefore, we have added a home health division (MaximaCare Home Health), a palliative care division (Arcy Supportive Care), and a home care division, (Arcy at Home). With the addition of these divisions, we can meet most of the post-acute care needs for you and your family in your home.
I started Arcy Hospice with my wife as my motivation to provide exceptional care and support in the patient’s home, where they are surrounded by family and where they feel most comfortable. I’m proud to say that our staff provides some of the best in home care in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
Please let us know if we can enrich the quality of life for you or a loved one.
Sincerely,
Jimmie Stapleton – Founder and CEO
Arcy Healthcare
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