Personal Home Care Helps with Hospital Recovery in Greater London, ON

If you or your loved one has ever been admitted to the hospital, the one thing you probably longed for most was to return to the safety and comfort of your own home. Nearly one in five patients discharged from a hospital, approximately 2.6 million seniors, are readmitted within 30 days, costing billions of dollars every year. Senior Home Care by Angels is committed to helping seniors stay at home where they are most comfortable. We offer a variety of personal home care options with comprehensive tools and resources to assist with this endeavor.

Personal Home Care Helps Seniors Avoid Hospital Readmission in London, ON, and the Nearby Areas

To address the high rate of hospital re-admissions, we must first understand why re-admissions occur.

The reasons for re-admission are varied but often include:

• Difficulty managing a disease or illness at home
• Exhaustion due to disrupted sleep and eating schedules while in the hospital
• Lack of follow-through with discharge instructions
• Medication issues - not taking appropriately, missing doses, etc.
• Lack of timely follow-up with medical appointments or lack of follow-through with medical instructions

Our Three-Prong Approach to Transitional Care for Seniors in London

At Senior Home Care by Angels, we address these issues and others by using a three-prong approach to personal home care for our clients returning home after a hospital stay.

1. At the hospital – with Senior Home Care by Angels, we offer peace of mind. If a Senior Home Care by Angels client is hospitalized, we visit him or her at the hospital upon request. We believe collaboration with the hospital discharge planner is necessary to help ensure success at home. During the hospital visit, we provide our client with a copy of ‘Ready- Set – Go Home’, a discharge planning guide. Specific items in the guide prompt the client to ask pertinent questions about issues that impact readmissions, such as symptoms to report, times and dates of follow-up appointments, medications, special dietary needs, home equipment needs, etc. For maximum benefit, this guide should be initiated prior to discharge and used across the care continuum from the hospital to the home and brought to subsequent medical appointments. 
2. At the client’s home – Our caregivers are the ‘eyes and ears’ in the home while providing personal home care for seniors after they return home from the hospital. Our team at our London, ON office has unique insight into why clients don’t follow up with appointments, why they miss medication doses and other actions that can lead to readmission. We can share this information with the case manager or supervisor so any issues can be addressed. Additionally, many of our caregivers are trained to provide Holistic care. This training enables our caregivers to understand the importance of reporting changes in condition promptly so any problems can be addressed in a timely manner. We can also provide long-term care to ensure a safe and stress-free recovery for your loved one.
3. At the Senior Home Care by Angels' office – behind the scenes, office staff utilize tools and resources to identify and track clients who are at high risk for readmission. Our personal home care providers can help facilitate medication delivery, equipment, and food delivery services, offer medication and appointment reminders, and accompany clients to appointments.

Learn More About Personal Home Care Services from Senior Home Care by Angels

You can learn more about the Ready-Set-Go Home program and our other senior care services by contacting our London, ON office. We look forward to meeting you and your family and being able to provide the personal home care your loved one needs!

 

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