• Active Living
• Aid Call
• Befriending
• DayCare
• Enabling
• Holidays
• Home Safety
• Hospital Aftercare
• Information & Advice
• Lunch Clubs
• Nail Cutting
• Promoting Independence Project
• Supporting People
• Transport

Hospital Aftercare / Prevention of Admission

The Hospital After Care / Prevention of Admission Service is tailored to individual needs and provides practical and emotional support for a temporary period to:-

• help people manage again at home following discharge from hospital
• prevent the need for admission to hospital.

Support visits are usually made once or twice per week, depending on need, for a maximum of 6 weeks, to help regain confidence and independence.

Who can make referrals?

• Nursing staff
• Carers
• Family or friends
• People who have had previous experience of the service often refer themselves.

What does the service provide?

• Visits to the ward (where appropriate) to establish requirements prior to discharge
• Help to ensure there is essential food on arrival home from hospital
• Help with light meals and drinks
• Shopping
• Collecting pensions and prescriptions
• Light household tasks
• Escorting to the shops etc
• Making laundry arrangements

The service is not intended to substitute other home care services. These will continue, if they are already in place, alongside the Age Concern service.

For more information

Contact: 01946 816920

or

daycare@ageconcern-nwc.org.uk