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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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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.
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.
Total Homecare (Yorkshire) Ltd

Total Homecare(Yorkshire)Ltd

Local

Total Homecare Ltd is geared to looking after Older People, People with a Physical or Sensory Impairment, People with a mild / moderate Learning Disability, people with a mental infirmity (EMI), people with a mental...

Contact: Total Homecare(Yorkshire)Ltd, The Head Office, John Street, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3HU.
Trust Life Care

Trust Life Care

Local

Trust Life Care offers a high quality care and support service in the Leeds area.  Registered with CQC for personal care we offer the full range of services from getting up in the morning to going to bed at night.&n...

Contact: Domiciliary Care Provider, Trust Life Care Suite, 2.6 Morwich Hall, Mortec Office Park, York Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 4TA.
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

Adult Social Care

Local

Health and social care services support adults, older people, children and families who may need help or advice to continue to be safe, healthy or remain living independently.

Contact: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Agency / department:.
Welcome Independent Living

Welcome Independent Living

Local

Our five key aims:   1.    To provide local care using local people, in areas that are difficult to reach. 2.    To deliver high-quality care with consistency of carers, at times tha...

Contact: Welcome Independent Living, Elphin House, 1 New Road, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 5DZ.
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