Ready-Set-Go Home with Transitional Care Services
Returning home after hospitalization can be difficult for anyone, but it is especially challenging for seniors. Many people struggle as they age when it comes to adhering to discharge instructions, making follow-up appointments at the right time, and taking the proper steps in other areas of follow-up care.
Based in Frankfort, IN, we created our transitional care program to address these needs and more in the many towns throughout the northern central region of Indiana. Understanding that each client has his or her own medical requirements, our team will design a care plan that is tailored to the unique personal needs of your loved one.
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About Visiting Angels' Transitional Care Services
Visiting Angels' transitional care was designed to help aging communities throughout northern central Indiana adjust during the crucial days and weeks following their discharge in a number of important areas. The purpose is to ensure they continue receiving necessary treatments in a more stress-free manner, a process that can begin at the hospital or after they are home.
According to the National Institute of Health, this type of program provides many potential advantages for seniors that reduce their health risks that would otherwise lead to prolonged hospitalization or worse. These benefits include lowering the risk and duration of readmission, increasing survival rates and emergency visits, and ultimately minimizing their overall cost of medical care.
How We Help Seniors Recover
The period immediately following a loved one’s discharge from a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or other type of medical facility is crucial to the kind of a recovery they will make from a serious illness or injury. Sometimes it is difficult for families to know precisely what type of support is needed during this time. However, those initial 30 days post-discharge will often determine whether an older person will need to be readmitted to treat complications or other healthcare issues that arise. This poses a delicate situation that family members may notice but not be sure how to navigate in the best way possible for their loved one.
That is where a skilled, highly professional, and compassionate caregiver through Visiting Angels Northern Central Indiana can help.
Medication Management and Other Discharge Recommendations
The first and perhaps most important service a caregiver can provide is improving your loved one’s adherence to discharge instructions, as well as instructions for any new prescriptions and therapies that may be recommended for their ongoing recovery.
At Visiting Angels, we understand the complexity of managing home care after an older family member has been hospitalized. For some families, it can become a full-time job, making it difficult to care for other needs in life. Therefore, one of the first things your caregiver will do is become familiar with your discharge information, including recommended follow-up appointments and other actions. Not only can they educate the person in their care and his or her family members, but they can also establish referrals with providers, help schedule any necessary appointments, and assist with specialized therapies as your family member recovers.
Why Is Personalized Care Necessary for Seniors?
For most seniors, a combination of many factors will contribute to their healthcare outcomes during this crucial time period. This is why roughly one in five people in this demographic will have to be readmitted in the month following their discharge. To avoid this outcome, our team carefully selects a caregiver to provide personalized assistance to your loved one. This person will become familiar with all of the providers and types of care the client is receiving so they can coordinate appointments, make follow-up calls, and help with additional scheduling needs.
There are many types of in-home care services offered by Visiting Angels Northern Central Indiana.
Our Approach to Transitional Care
A carefully customized care plan is developed for every person receiving assistance through Visiting Angels Transitional Care in northern central Indiana. Someone may be fine cognitively but have difficulty adjusting to daily activities such as bathing, changing clothing, doing their laundry, and settling back into their home environment. Elderly individuals may need help with overnight care, while still others may want someone to show them the best ways to maneuver through their home with an unfamiliar walking device such as a cane, walker, or wheelchair.
These common, day-to-day needs will be examined so that seniors get the necessary assistance tailored just for them in a way that helps ensure they heed medical recommendations they received at the time of their discharge.
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Our Ready, Set, Go Home Discharge Guide
Want to become more educated about how to help your loved one continue recuperating comfortably at home? Reading our Ready, Set, Go Home Discharge Guide published by Visiting Angels is a great place to start. In our guide, we outline the basic components of our care services, and we share helpful information for the whole family. The more you know about the process, the more instrumental you can be in supporting a smoother recovery for your loved one.
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some of the common questions we receive from families trying to determine whether transitional care services are right for them.
How does transitional care help reduce hospital readmissions for seniors?
Multiple studies have shown that transitional care can ease the recovery process, provide seniors with a continuity of care, and ensure they receive the appropriate treatment during the critical month or so following their discharge from a hospital.
Are your caregivers willing to work with family members, as well?
Yes. We often work with family members, starting at the hospital to begin mapping out the assistance an individual will receive once he or she is back at home.
What services are included in transitional care?
Our care services address a broad range of needs that seniors tend to have. This ranges from meal prep and certain domestic chores to communicating about medication reminders and coordinating care through different healthcare providers.
Can you provide a more detailed care plan to our family?
Each program is customized to the needs of the individual in our care. We are happy to discuss in more detail the services that will be available and how they will be provided to your loved one.
How to Get Started
Please do not hesitate to reach out to us to get more information on our transitional care services or to schedule a free consultation.
Call Visiting Angels Northern Central Indiana at 765-670-6260 today. You may also fill out our contact form online to get more information on our home care services.
Locations Served by Visiting Angels Northern Central Indiana
Places served by Visiting Angels Northern Central home care services include:
Arcadia, IN; Atlanta, IN; Battle Ground, IN; Buck Creek, IN; Cicero, IN; Clarks Hill, IN; Colburn, IN; Colfax, IN; Crawfordsvlle, IN; Darlington, IN; Dayton, IN; Forest, IN; Frankfort, IN; Goldsmith, IN; Greentown, IN; Hillisburg, IN; Hobbs, IN; Kempton, IN; Kirklin, IN; Kokomo, IN; Ladoga, IN; Lafayette, IN; Lebanon, IN; Linden, IN; Michigantown, IN; Mulberry, IN; New Richmond, IN; New Ross, IN; Romney, IN; Rossville, IN; Russiaville, IN; Sedalia, IN; Shadeland, IN; Sharpsville, IN; Sheridan, IN; Stockwell, IN; Tipton, IN; Ulen, IN; Waveland, IN; Waynetown, IN; West Lafayette, IN; West Middleton, IN; Westfield, IN; Westpoint, IN; Windfall, IN; Wingate, IN
Medical Facilities Serving Seniors in Northern Central Indiana
- IU Health Frankfort Hospital
- IU Health Frankfort Rehabilitation Services - IU Health Frankfort Hospital
- Emerge Quick Care
- WellNow Urgent Care in Kokomo
- WellNow Urgent Care in Lafayette
Serving Lafayette, Kokomo, Frankfort, Tipton, Crawfordsville, Russiaville, Greentown, Cicero, Arcadia & Sheridan, IN
Visiting Angels NORTHERN CENTRAL INDIANA
7 South Main StFrankfort, IN 46041
Phone: 765-670-6260
Fax: 765-670-6258