Essex: Independent living > Home from hospital services services

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.

1 - 20 of 31 Home from hospital services services in Essex.

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Advantage Healthcare Ltd

Find your closest healthcare team

National

Our national home care provision for adults and children ranges from respite care through to live-in care; from brain and spinal injuries care to services for clients with dementia; and from complex round the clock life-...

Contact: Advantage Healthcare, Cardinal House , Abbeyfield Court , Abbeyfield Road , Nottingham , Nottinghamshire, NG7 2SZ.
British Red Cross Society

Get support at home

National

If you are feeling lonely, please know that you are not alone. The British Red Cross is here to help you. One in five people in the UK say they experience feelings of loneliness, and during the coronavirus pandemic ...

Contact: British Red Cross Society, 44 Moorfields, London, EC2Y 9AL.

Transport home from hospital

National

If you are feeling lonely, please know that you are not alone. The British Red Cross is here to help you. One in five people in the UK say they experience feelings of loneliness, and during the coronavirus pandemic ...

Contact: British Red Cross Society, 44 Moorfields, London, EC2Y 9AL.
Carewatch Care Services

Carewatch

National

Our mission at Carewatch is to provide high quality care outcomes for vulnerable people who want to live at home, independently. We provide quality, personalised home care services designed to enable our customers to re...

Contact: Carewatch, CSN Care Group Ltd t/a Carewatch, Unit 4, Rankin House, Murdoch Court, Roebuck Way, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK5 8GB.
Christies Care Ltd

Christies Care Ltd

Regional

Dressing, undressing, washing and bathing Care of teeth and hair Assisting with mobility Assisting with feeding Skin and pressure area care Bladder and bowel incontinence Giving or prompting with medication Some...

Contact: Christies Care, Rose House, Street Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1AL.
Compassion Home Care

Compassion HomeCare

Local

Compassion HomeCare is a specialist Home Care provider covering the Bromley, Orpington and Sevenoaks areas.  Whether you need regular day to day care or more specialist 24 hour care, we can tailor a Care Plan to sui...

Contact: Compassion HomeCare, 26 Cowden Road, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0TR.
Country Cousins

Live-in Care & Companionship

National

Country Cousins introduce live-in carers to provide care, companionship and support in the clients own home. They help with meal preparatoin, the running of the home, personal care and escor...

Contact: Country Cousins, Suite 5G Gatwick House, Peeks Brook Lane, Horley, West Sussex, RH6 9ST.
East County Care Ltd

East County Care Ltd

Local

We provide care workers to help with daily tasks within the service users home to help promote independent living. a care plan is put in place of the service users needs. This can include personal care, shopping, mealtim...

Contact: East county care Ltd, Domicilliary provider., suite 9,Haven House Albemarle Street, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3HL.
Essex County Council

Adult Social Care

Local

We provide you with information on staying healthy and independent, including advice on the support services available to people caring for others and those unable to care for themselves.

Contact: Essex County Council, County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1QH.
Focus Care Professionals Ltd

Personal Care for Adults

National

We provide support and personal care for clients ranging from young adults to the elderly, in their homes or institutions. As we aim to providing/delivering the best quality care that is tailored to suit the preferences ...

Contact: PERSONAL CARE - DOMICILIARY HOME CARE, 2-8 Fountayne Road, London, N15 4QL.
Greenfield Care Ltd

Greenfield Care Ltd

Regional

Greenfield Care is dedicated to providing the care and support that will enable clients to reach the highest level of health, function and comfort possible whilst remaining in their own homes. We believe in encouraging i...

Contact: Greenfield Care, Chapel Road, Ridgewell, Essex, CO9 4RU.
Home Care Essex

Home Care Essex

Local

We provide friendly, commasionate care to those who need a little help with their daily tasks. We provide personal care servises, help with washing and dressing in a dignfied and respectful way. Meal preparation Medic...

Contact: Home Care Essex, 4 Grand Court West, Grand Drive, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1BQ.
HomeTouch

HomeTouch - Live in Care

National

We know what it takes to make a great live-in carer – warmth, empathy and expertise. Hometouch is one of the nation's leading providers of live-in care. We have no hidden costs and offer free, no-obligation assess...

Contact: HomeTouch, 40 Clerkenwell Road, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 0NE, LONDON, London, EC1R 0NE.
Mayfair Care Services Ltd

Mayfair Care Services

Local

Our service will support people to live at home, ranging from personal care, social interaction, sittings, 24 hour care, shopping, access to the community, medication assistance, we have single and double handed rou...

Contact: Mayfair Care Services Ltd, 9 Meppel Avenue, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 9RZ.
MyLife Home Care

MyLife Home Care

Regional

24/7 Live in Support Personal care  Domestic care Complex Care support Visiting Care 

Contact: MyLife Home Care, Suffolk, 1a Norfolk Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2HB.
Noble Live-in Care

Noble Live-in Care

National

Noble Live-in Care provides one-to-one, 24 hour live-in care and companionship for adults aged 18+, transforming their quality of life and empowering them to be as independent as possible.Noble Live-in Care offers respit...

Contact: Noble Live-in Care, National Provider, 1 Henbury Road ( Head office only), Head office, 1 Trym Lodge , 1 Henbury Road, , Bristol, Avon, BS9 3HQ.
Nurseplus

Nurseplus - Colchester

Local

Homecare and One to One support has increasingly become a popular choice for many people, allowing them to remain in the comfort of their own homes amongst familiar surroundings and people and allowing them to live as in...

Contact: Nurseplus, 655 The Crescent, , Colchester Business Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9YQ.

Nurseplus Care at home - Cambridge

Local

Care at home has increasingly become a popular choice for many people, allowing them to remain in the comfort of their own homes amongst familiar surroundings and people and allowing them to live as independently as poss...

Contact: Nurseplus, Unit 10, William James House, Cowley Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 0WX.

Nurseplus Care at home - Harlow

Local

Care at home has increasingly become a popular choice for many people, allowing them to remain in the comfort of their own homes amongst familiar surroundings and people and allowing them to live as independently as poss...

Contact: Nurseplus, 1st Floor , Westgate House, Westgate, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1YS.

Nurseplus Care at home - Rayleigh

Local

Care at home has increasingly become a popular choice for many people, allowing them to remain in the comfort of their own homes amongst familiar surroundings and people and allowing them to live as independently as poss...

Contact: Nurseplus, 1st Floor , Webster Court, Websters Way, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 8JQ.
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