Preventing Hospital Readmission With A Home Health Aide In Bangor, ME

Home Health Aides in Bangor Help Seniors Avoid Hospitalization 

At Visiting Angels Bangor, we understand that family members have concerns when a loved one is hospitalized. You are concerned about his or her health now and when they get to go home. A home health aide is one of the many options to ensure that seniors aren’t readmitted to the hospital.

In fact, making sure your loved one doesn’t need to be readmitted is the primary focus of our Ready-Set-Go Home program. Through this program, we work with your family and your assigned caregiver to make the transition home easier for your loved one. By encouraging recovery with our home health aides, readmission will be prevented.

How Visiting Angels Bangor Prevents Hospital Readmissions

Ready-Set-Go Home is a three-stage program that allows us to fulfill your loved one’s needs, beginning during their hospital stay and continuing in the home.

In the Hospital

Your loved one can receive assistance from us while still in the hospital, as well as help through the discharge process. A guide is also offered with questions about our home health aides. It is important to have expectations of how the recovery at home will be handled. Preparing the home before your loved one is discharged is also included in our services, saving you the hassle.

At Home

By providing care in the home, we help to reduce hospital readmission. Daily activities are usually the most difficult thing when transitioning back home. In order to keep stress at a minimum, our aides can help with laundry, cooking, bathing, dressing, using the bathroom and moving around the home. An extra person around can safeguard against physical injuries and prevent hospital readmission.

Making sure your loved one gets to follow up appointments is also an important part of our home health aide services. Missing these can increase the risk of hospital readmission. Our aides will remind your loved one of these appointments and ensure that he or she gets there one time.

At Visiting Angels Bangor

Visiting Angels Bangor will plan deliveries of medication, equipment and/or food. In addition, we’ll keep an eye out for signs that your loved one is at risk of readmission. We also communicate regularly with family members, providing them with much-needed information and support.

Contact our office if your loved one is preparing for either a hospital stay or a return home, and discover how our home health aides can prevent hospital readmission.