Personalized Transitional Home Care for Seniors in Bethesda

Did you know that there are about 2.6 million seniors who get readmitted within 30 days after hospitalization? Hospital readmission lengthens the recovery rate of your loved one. Thus, it is crucial to address the high rate of hospital readmission.

How Our Ready-Set-Go Home Program Supports Transitional Home Care

At Visiting Angels of Bethesda, we've created the Ready-Set-Go Home program to tackle the issue of hospital readmission amongst seniors in Bethesda, Silver Spring, Aspen Hill, Laurel, and throughout Montgomery County in Maryland. Through this program, we provide professional transitional home care services that help seniors with everyday tasks around the house that have become impossible to complete during recovery, encourage your loved one to follow medical directives to aid in recovery, and monitor your loved one to make sure they're safe and comfortable at all times.

What Causes Hospital Readmission?

Among the most common reasons for hospital readmission is lack of assistance at home. When your loved one is in the hospital, or even a rehabilitation facility, they are receiving constant care. When it's time for them to go home, they will likely still need some level of assistance. A few reasons seniors are readmitted to the hospital after being released include:

• Exhaustion due to lack of sleep while still in the hospital
• Effects of medication such as nausea that can increase the likelihood of fainting
• Lack of follow-up with medical appointments

How Our Ready-Set-Go Home Program Provides In-Home Transitional Care for Seniors in Bethesda

Being released from the hospital can be a hectic and unexpected event. Suddenly, your senior loved one will need professional home care services that you personally cannot provide. This may include bathing, incontinence care, transferring and positioning, medication reminders, and more.

Through the Ready-Set-Go Home program, we offer specialized professional in-home transitional care services that are meant to support your loved one's recovery plan and reduce the risk of hospital re-admission.

Our Approach to Providing Short Term Home Care and Transitional Care for Seniors in Bethesda

Visiting Angels of Bethesda can help reduce the risk of hospital readmission on the very first day your loved one is released. We've developed a three-prong approach to recovery care through the Ready-Set-Go Home program that helps you and your family every step of the way, including support through in-home respite care when family caregivers need time to rest and recharge.

At the Hospital: Care Begins Early with Short Term Home Care

Our care starts while the client is still in the hospital. Prior to discharge, we can send our caregivers to assist the patient and their family. During the hospital visit, our caregivers can be present to listen to a doctor's orders, including dietary needs and activity limitations. Caregivers can help provide safe transportation home following a hospital stay, pick up prescriptions, and help assemble home equipment. This is all part of the short term home care services we offer.

In the Home: Ongoing Support with In-Home Transitional Care

Our caregivers can be your eyes and ears at home. They ensure that the clients follow the doctor's directives for eating and taking medication, assisting with reminders and meal preparation as needed. Our professional home care services also include assisting seniors with bathing, dressing, toileting, and incontinence care.

*Our caregivers cannot assist with wound care or other medical needs.

This is where in-home transitional care plays a crucial role in making sure everything is followed to the letter.

At Our Office: Continuous Oversight of Transitional Home Care

Our care coordinators and office staff will perform random checks on caregivers and our senior clients to ensure transitional home care is being provided at the highest level. We will relay all feedback to family members and ensure that those who should be notified of changes in the plan of care are kept up to date.

Contact Us Today for Short Term Home Care Services Near You

If your loved one will be needing professional home care services following an operation, illness, or accident, please contact our Bethesda, MD office today for more information on short term home care services!