Care After Hospital Discharge

Name: Live in Care
Brand: Oxford Aunts
Rating: 4.7 (26 reviews)

After a hospital stay, you may be feeling anxious about recovering and rehabilitating in your own home without additional support. Whether you need a helping hand with grocery shopping and household tasks or dedicated nurse-led care for a complex health condition, our live-in care after hospital discharge can help.

For over 50 years, Oxford Aunts has provided high-quality, live-in care to families across Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties. Our reputation is built on the highest standards of care, local expertise and a compassionate approach to care delivery that is trusted by families throughout our community and beyond.

Contact our friendly team to arrange for care after hospital discharge. We can work with your family to get care in place quickly – often 24 hours from your initial call.

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What is care after hospital discharge?

The process of leaving the hospital after a prolonged stay is widely referred to as ‘hospital discharge’. After leaving the hospital many people still face a substantial recovery process in their own homes to fully get back on their feet.

Care after hospital discharge is a form of one-to-one specialist live-in care provided in the client’s own home by an Oxford Aunts carer. One of our dedicated and expertly trained carers will move into your home to provide the round-the-clock care and support you need to feel safe and settled back at home.

We will work with you to create a bespoke support plan that considers all of your holistic needs, ranging from the daily household tasks we can help with to how we can fully support your recovery process. Most of all, our live-in care after hospital discharge ensures someone is always there to provide the support you need to look after your comfort and well-being. We know this provides peace of mind for the entire family.

What does care after hospital discharge include?

A comprehensive care plan that addresses not just your care needs but how you wish to live your life
Our unique, multi-disciplinary approach to care designed to improve health outcomes and well-being
Careful matching of an experienced and dedicated carer trained to support your specific condition
Accurate record-keeping of your medical history and symptoms
Careful monitoring of your health and recording its progress
Managing and administering medications and treatments
Support with domestic and household tasks
Meal planning and cooking healthy and nutritious meals
Collaborating with healthcare professionals and community organisations involved in your care
24-hour emergency support, should you need it

What types of care after hospital discharge are available?

Our care after hospital discharge care service is highly flexible and can be provided in the following ways:

Live-in care offers round-the-clock care for people who require more intensive support due to a long recovery process or a complex health condition. We are experts in providing specialist care for complex conditions that affect people later in life.
Our respite service supports family carers so they can enjoy a much-needed break from their caregiving role to rest and recharge. Our respite care service can give you the break you need while trying out a live-in care arrangement to see how it would work for you and your family.
Palliative care can be provided as a live-in care service in the comfort of your home, negating the need to move into a residential setting or a hospice. Our carers ensure a person’s health needs are met while ensuring their wishes, choices, and preferences are respected.

Our live-in care after hospital discharge service

An Oxford Aunts’ experienced and dedicated carer will provide a range of care services in the comfort of your home, including:

Compassionate companionsh

We know how important companionship is in our later years. Our compassionate and respectful carer will be matched to not only meet your care needs, but we look to match personalities and interests. We know this makes for a fulfilling and pleasurable way of life based on friendship and companionship. Whilst respecting your privacy, our carer is trained to support your psychological and emotional needs too.

Trained carers accurately manage medications

Our carers are trained in management of medications, which is so important in supporting someone to live well in later life. They will proactively monitor and administer medications, ensuring they are effectively managed and any prescription required is ready as and when you need it. Peace of mind for everyone.

Sensitive personal care

Whilst personal care relates to undertaking the day-to-day tasks of caring, including washing, bathing and getting dressed and undressed, it also considers a person’s confidence and self-esteem. There is nothing better than having freshly painted nails, or your hair styled how you like it – our carers will make sure you feel tip top every day.

Safe movement in and around your home

Oxford Aunts carers have a strong understanding of falls prevention and how conditions can impact on mobility. In conjunction with our experienced Care Assessors, and liaison with multi-disciplinary teams, such as Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, we can ensure you receive the correct equipment at home. This will be life enriching and enable you to feel safe and secure when moving around your home.

Food planned and cooked as you wish

Your live-in carer will carefully plan all your meals and will shop for the groceries as needed. They will then cook healthy, nutritious and enjoyable food, taking into account your likes and dislikes. Many of our clients and carers enjoy cooking together as a shared pastime. Unlike a care home, you will be able to eat as and when you like.

Keeping you connected to your community

At Oxford Aunts we know how important it is that you keep connected to your local community – whether it is a local community group you have attended for years, a stroll around a much loved shop or sitting peacefully in a local park – our committed carers will facilitate your enjoyment outside of the home and support you to do as much as you wish.

Socialisation is key to health and happiness

With isolation a concern as we get older, our proactive carers will facilitate you having visitors as and when you wish. Whether it is a catch up with friends, or a family occasion or celebration our carer will meet all your socialisation needs so you can enjoy life at home.

Domestic and household services

Our carer will make sure your home is clean, tidy and well-kept to the standards you should expect. Everything from dusting, cleaning, vacuuming, washing and ironing to light garden work – our carer will ensure your home is looking its very best every day.

Pet care

We know how important a much-loved pet is and how difficult caring for it may be when faced with other health concerns that are impacting day-to-day life. With an Oxford Aunts carer you can be assured that your pet will be well cared for, whilst you continue to get all the benefits and enjoyment from your beloved pet, as you always have.

Specialist support for complex conditions

We are experts in providing specialist care for complex conditions. Our approach to matching our carers with clients means that the carer we place with you will have been trained in the specific condition you are living with, enabling you to enjoy a better quality of life.

The conditions and types of care we are able to provide include, but are not limited to:

Dementia
Mobility/frailty
Parkinson’s disease
Multiple sclerosis
Stroke
Respiratory conditions
Cancer
Palliative care
End-of-life care

WHY CHOOSE OXFORD AUNTS?

Our care after hospital discharge enables people to live well in their own homes with the care and support they need from a carefully well-matched, trained and dedicated carer. With an Oxford Aunts’ carer, you can be reassured that you are receiving the high-quality care you need to help your recovery process.

Expert carer matching

Over the past 50 years, we have established a reputation for matching carers with our clients to ensure they meet all their needs – this is not just about matching skills but ensuring backgrounds and personalities are aligned so both client and carer can enjoy life together. On the odd occasion we do not get the match right, we respond efficiently to find another carer whilst minimising any disruption to the service.

Continuity of care makes all the difference

Our carers will come and live with you or visit regularly to provide care and support longer than other live-in care providers might offer. We know that this allows a strong relationship to be formed and a deeper understanding of our clients’ unique care needs, offering consistency and continuity of care.

Expertly trained carers

Our market-leading carer training programme has been created with industry experts and goes well beyond the mandatory requirements. This equips our carers to support those living with complex health conditions that require greater levels of monitoring, care and support. Our carers never stop learning new skills that ensure they continue to deliver the highest standards of person-centred care.

A fully managed and regulated service

Our fully managed and regulated MS care service means we employ and manage our carers while they are caring for you. A care management team of experts manages them and ensures they are supervised and supported to provide the high standards of care we are known for. If you use an introduction agency, you will be left to manage the carer, pay the carer and organise holiday cover once they start to care for you.

For the many families Oxford Aunts supports, we know our fully managed service provides reassurance whilst removing the burden of carefully managing the care arrangement for their family member or loved one.

Rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

We are proud to have been rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in all five measures – safe, caring, effective, responsive and well-led. We know this gives families peace of mind that their loved one receives the best possible care.

Unrivalled support near you

We operate throughout Oxfordshire and its surrounding counties. Each regional team comprises a dedicated care assessor local to you who is on hand to provide unrivalled levels of support to you, your family and our carer. They are supported by a care manager at our central office who handles all other aspects of care delivery to ensure a high quality service is delivered every time.

How much does care after hospital discharge cost?

The cost of our care after hospital discharge for older people is subject to a full assessment of your loved one’s needs. After your no-obligation assessment, our care assessor will create a bespoke plan of care that ensures all your needs are met. Once you have approved your plan of care, we will confirm in writing the level of care we will provide and the weekly cost of care.

It is worth considering that live-in care is comparable to the care offered in a quality care home, with all the compelling benefits of staying in the comfort, familiarity and safety of your own home and surroundings.

If you are a couple, there are far-reaching cost benefits to choosing a live-in care service. Shared bedrooms are a rarity in care homes, meaning you will likely have to pay for two bedrooms. With live-in care for complex conditions, there is only one weekly fee for providing care at one address.

How to arrange care after hospital discharge

If you need care after hospital discharge, contact our friendly team today. We will work with you and your family to put a suitable arrangement in place quickly, often within 24 hours of your initial call. Here is how to arrange care after hospital discharge:

1. Contact our Client Services team or request a callback at your convenience.

Reach out to us by calling our Client Services team or requesting a callback at a time that suits you.

2. Discuss your care requirements over the phone and arrange a care assessment.

We will schedule a comprehensive care assessment at a time convenient to you. In urgent situations, a carer may be dispatched promptly. We can then work towards securing a permanent carer tailored to your lifestyle and preferences.

3. A well-matched carer for you

We work with you to find a well-matched carer who is experienced in your specific care needs and is aligned with your background, interests and values.