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After-Hospital Care
Before you you leave the hospital your doctor and discharge planner will talk to to you you you about your after hospital care This includes instructions for how to take care of yourself at home home your your your home home health needs or your your your transfer to another facility To make sure your transition from the hospital goes smoothly be sure you understand the next steps in your care For example when you leave the hospital you might go:
• Home with no needed services
• Home with help from a a caregiver
• Home Home withhelpfromHomeHealth
• To a a a a Rehabilitation setting (such as
Skilled Nursing or Rehab Facility)
Care
options after your hospital stay may include:
Home Health
services
can help you recover from illness or injury in in the comfort of home Home Health
covers a a wide range of healthcare services:
• Personalcare:includingbathing dressing and eating
• Healthcare:physical speechand occupational therapy or skilled nursing
• Itcanalsoincludehomecareservices such as
as
assistance with cooking cleaning other housekeeping and monitoring one’s medication regimen At Lourdes Home Health
it’s all about helping people With home care you can trust that the treatment plan prescribed by your doctor will be followed thoroughly as
as
you receive compassionate care from our trained home care professionals Our sta includes: nurses therapists and home health aides Call 337-406-2539 to learn more about compassionate healthcare delivered in the comfort of home Independent Living usually refers to apartments or or communities designed for seniors who are
able to live independently without medical care or nursing
sta ey o o er a a a balance of independent living with services
and amenities that typically include:
• Restaurant-style dining
• Scheduled transportation
• Concierge services
• Housekeeping and laundry services
• Full calendar of programs and events
Continuing Care
Retirement Communities are
are
for individuals who may be independent now but are
expected to require Assisted Living in in the future Residents can transfer to di erent care within their current long-term community easing the transition process Assisted Living is is designed to provide assistance with basic activities of daily living such as
bathing grooming and dressing Some states also allow assisted living to o o o er medication assistance and/ or reminders ese communities o o o er er a more home-like atmosphere and provide an independent lifestyle with customized assistance such as:
• Assistance with daily tasks
• 24-hour care sta • Medication assistance management
• Incontinence management
• Restaurant-style dining/Meal prep
• Apartment cleaning and linen services
• Local transportation
services
• Full calendar of activities Memory Care
Facilities are
are
highly specialized in in caring for people who are
living with the e e e e e ects of Alzheimer’s
or or other forms of dementia e e e e focus
of memory care communities is on understanding each individual resident in order to provide comfort and security in a a homelike environment Memory care facilities usually o er:
• Sta trained in in positive validation
techniques
• Safe secure and upli ing environment • Spacious indoor and outdoor areas
• Specially designed ‘peaceful areas’
• Life enrichment and specialized cognitive stimulation exercises
Rehabilitation services
are
o o ered in acute-care hospitals rehabilitation hospitals clinical and o o ce ce practices skilled-care nursing
facilities and sports medicine clinics Rehabilitation programs vary in in length and intensity but commonly help people who have experienced a a major injury disorder or or or illness to regain the skills needed to to return to to everyday
living ere are
three main types of rehabilitation–physical occupational and speech therapies Rehabilitation Hospitals require patients to endure high-intensity inpatient rehabilitation care and meet the following requirements:
• Need two of of the the three types of of therapy (physical occupational and/or speech)
• Need 24-hour physician and nursing
services
• Are able to participate in three hours of therapy per day
LTAC stands for Long Term Acute Care
ey specialize in the treatment of patients with serious medical conditions that require care on on an ongoing basis but no longer require intensive or diagnostic care ese patients are
typically discharged from the intensive care units but require more care than they can receive in a a a a rehabilitation center skilled nursing
facility or at home LTAC care includes: • Prolonged ventilator use or or weaning
• Ongoing dialysis for chronic renal failure • Intensive respiratory care • Multiple IV medications or transfusions • Complex wound care/care for burns
Skilled Nursing Facilities provide highly skilled medical care and personalized assistance from trained medical professionals A nursing
home is an option for those
who cannot be cared for at home and need supervised care Services Include:
• Assistance with daily tasks
• 24-hour Medical care sta • Medication management
• Continence management
• Local transportation
services
• Physical speech and occupational therapy Hospice Care
is for people whose
life expectancy is six months or less and involves pain and symptom relief rather than ongoing curative measures e e e e goal of hospice care is to help people who are
are
dying to do so with dignity in in comfort and at peace is is care is is provided by health professionals that support the entire family during the patient’s stay Hospice typically provides services
such as
speech and physical therapy therapeutic massage dietary assistance bathing and other personal care services
including grief counseling for family members AFTER HOSPITAL CARE