🏠 WHAT IS ELDER POST-DISCHARGE HOME CARE?
Elder post-discharge home care is a specialized healthcare service provided at home to elderly patients who have recently been discharged from a hospital after surgery, illness, or treatment. It ensures safe recovery, medical follow-up, and daily support in the comfort of the patient’s home.
🎯 OBJECTIVE
- To assist the elderly in smooth recovery after hospitalization.
- To prevent re-admission due to post-surgery or post-treatment complications.
- To ensure proper medication, wound care, mobility support, and nutrition.
- To offer emotional and physical support to patients and their families.
✨ FEATURES
- Nursing Care at Home: Trained nurses for injection, wound dressing, vital checks.
- Physiotherapy Services: For rehabilitation after stroke, fractures, surgeries.
- Medication Management: Administering or reminding of medicines.
- Nutrition Support: Diet planning and feeding assistance.
- Daily Activity Assistance: Bathing, dressing, toilet assistance.
- Medical Equipment Support: Beds, oxygen, suction machines if required.
- Regular Monitoring: Vitals (BP, sugar, temperature), symptoms, and recovery.
- Coordination with Doctors: Reporting progress, following medical protocols.
🌿 NATURE
- Short-term or Medium-term: Depending on the condition (few weeks to few months).
- Customizable: Tailored care plans as per discharge summary and doctor’s advice.
- Professional and Family-Oriented: Balances clinical care with emotional support.
- Patient-Centered: Focuses on dignity, independence, and safety.
✅ ADVANTAGES
- Safe and stress-free recovery in the comfort of home.
- Reduces hospital re-admissions and emergency visits.
- Cost-effective compared to extended hospital stays.
- Improves overall recovery time and quality of life.
- Supports families by relieving the burden of full-time care.
- Early detection of post-discharge complications.