Kent: Independent living > Home from hospital services services

Home from hospital services provide short term practical help for elderly people returning to their home after a period in hospital. These are designed to help people re-adjust to living at home again, gain in confidence, and provide short term practical help after hospital discharge.

The assistance provided can include help with dressing, undressing, and personal hygiene, fetching shopping or prescriptions, going to the post office or bank for you, accompanying you to hospital, GP, optician or hairdresser appointments, liaising with a range of other services on your behalf, providing essential food on the day of discharge from hospital, helping you sort out any paperwork or bills, arranging for furniture to be moved around, offering a friendly chat, encouraging you to take medication, and possibly giving benefits advice.

These services offer after care visiting immediately after discharge from hospital especially for older people who live alone. Home care after a hospital stay services aim to make sure that you can go home and live safely. Home care after a hospital stay services provides time limited services for patients returning home from hospital after illness, surgery or accident. Many elderly people are fit to return home, but need some assistance with personal care and/or other support in the early days of discharge to regain their confidence and strength. At the end of the short term help, people are often able to remain at home without any further help.

A range of different organisations provide short term home from hospital services for older people including health care organisations, local authority adult social care services , the voluntary sector, and commercial home care organisations. Many providers do not charge for the short term help, although commercial companies do charge for their services.

Discharge from hospital should always be planned and arranged by a team which will include, or have links with, Social Services and Health (the Primary Care Trust). Patients and their carers should be given adequate warning of the precise date and time of leaving hospital. There should be contingency planning for Friday afternoon or weekend discharges, and the home of a patient living alone should be properly prepared for their return. A range of services may be provided that will help you recover when you leave hospital. These could be Therapists, Care Assistants or Nurses which can be provided in your own home.

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Nightingales Homecare

Home Care

Local

So if you want to be treated as more than a number, please give us a call to let us know how we can help you. We can normally have your bespoke service up and running in a few days, or sooner if necessary, which is ...

Contact: Nightingales Homecare, 19 Sundridge Ave, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2PU.
Noble Live-in Care

Noble Live-in Care

National

Noble Live-in Care provides one-to-one, 24 hour live-in care and companionship for adults aged 18+, transforming their quality of life and empowering them to be as independent as possible.Noble Live-in Care offers respit...

Contact: Noble Live-in Care, National Provider, 1 Henbury Road ( Head office only), Head office, 1 Trym Lodge , 1 Henbury Road, , Bristol, Avon, BS9 3HQ.
Nurseplus

Nurseplus Care at home - Harlow

Local

Care at home has increasingly become a popular choice for many people, allowing them to remain in the comfort of their own homes amongst familiar surroundings and people and allowing them to live as independently as poss...

Contact: Nurseplus, 1st Floor , Westgate House, Westgate, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1YS.

Nurseplus Care at home - Rayleigh

Local

Care at home has increasingly become a popular choice for many people, allowing them to remain in the comfort of their own homes amongst familiar surroundings and people and allowing them to live as independently as poss...

Contact: Nurseplus, 1st Floor , Webster Court, Websters Way, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 8JQ.
Prestige Nursing

Prestige Nursing - Dartford

Regional

We offer a wide range of services to help support these groups such as: Personal care This normally includes help with washing, toileting, dressing, oral care, feeding, assistance with medication and getting up/going t...

Contact: Prestige Nursing - Dartford, 3rd Floor, Banks Place, Market Place, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1EX.
Pure Healthcare

Pure Live-in Care

National

We provide high quality Live-in Care. Depending on the specific needs of an individual, a Live-in Carer can: ·Assist with getting in & out of bed ·Assist with dressing & undressing ·Assist...

Contact: Pure Healthcare Staffing/Pure Live-in care, 25 Charter Gate Quarry Park Close, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 6QB.
Right at Home

Homecare services

National

At Right at Home, we offer dedicated care and support from a professional, friendly care team. Our home health care services are person-centred, as we tailor our visits and personal care plans according to the individual...

Contact: Right at Home.
River Garden Home Care

Home Care

Local

Based in Bromley, Kent, we deliver the highest quality of home care services to older people from the comfort of their own homes. Post hospital care  If you or your family member has is recovering from time spent...

Contact: Home Care, 26 Bank of America House Elmfield Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1LR.
Royal Voluntary Service

Hospital Support

National

We provide a wide range of services and support in hospitals which free up NHS staff time for patient care. Our thousands of hospital volunteers help improve older people’s experience in hospital, support their rec...

Contact: Royal Voluntary Service, Beck Court , Cardiff Gate Business Park , Cardiff , CF23 8RP.
Sunburst Care Services

Sunburst Care Service

Regional

Person Care provider Domiciliary Care Domestic Support Live-in care Companionship 24- hours care and support Health and Social Care Staffing

Contact: Care and support service , 100 Borne Morton Drive, Ingleby Barwick , Stockton On Tees, Durham, TS17 5FL.
The Care Agency

The Care Agency

National

The Care Agency has been offering a live in care service for 20 years, with personal attention to every detail. We are a national company, who introduce kind, warm and compassionate carers with traditional values wh...

Contact: The Care Agency, 23a Church Street, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4AE.
The Good Care Group

24 Hour Live-in Home Care Service

National

Our expertly trained professional carers provide a range of tailored live in care services across England and Scotland, everything from companionship, personal elderly care, lifestyle support, domestic duties and social ...

Contact: The Good Care Group, 15th Floor, Tower Building, York Road, London, SE1 7NQ.
Xtracare Agency

Xtracare Agency Ltd

Local

We provide Care and Support at home to help our Service Users to maintain a happy independent lifestyle in the comfort of their own home. We also provide Personal Care, Domestic Care, Companionship, Escorting to any...

Contact: Xtracare Agency Ltd, 1st Floor, 285-287 Rye Lane, London, SE15 4UA.
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