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WHEN YOU LEAVE & DISCHARGE CHECKLIST Patient Discharge Don’t be afraid
Checklist to ask the staff
or discharge
During your stay, your planner to repeat
doctor and the staff will themselves if you
work with you to plan for don’t understand
when you leave the hospital. your discharge
Use this checklist to help instructions!
you get the information you
need for a healthy recovery. o Get A Phone Number And
Contact Information in case you
o Ask For Your Discharge have questions after you leave.
Summary. This includes your
reason for hospitalization, o Determine Your After-
treatment, procedures, Hospital Services Needs for
medications and prescriptions. personal care, such as help
eating, dressing, going to the
o Make A List Of Your bathroom, cooking, shopping,
Medications. This includes any or doing laundry.
new medications your doctor has
prescribed, how and when to take o Determine If You Need Help
them and if they are safe to take With Home Healthcare.
with any other medications. Tell Your physician may recommend
your doctor about any vitamin that you continue receiving
supplements or over-the-counter medical care at home. The social
medications you are taking. or case worker can direct you to
resources that can provide the
o Make Sure Your Pharmacy type of care consistent with your
Has Your New Prescriptions. doctors orders.
Check this before you leave
the hospital. o Ask Your Discharge Planner
to Find Local Support Groups or
o Write Down Any Follow Up after-care services you may need.
Appointments with your doctor o Ask If You Will Need Medical
Supplies Or Equipment.
or tests you may need after you This includes wheelchairs,
hospital bed, oxygen or a walker.
are discharged and know how Know your approved local
Medicare suppliers by visiting:
you are getting to these Medicare.gov or calling 1-800
MEDICARE.
appointments.
When You Leave o Ask Any Questions
The Hospital About Your Follow-Up
Please allow a hospital staff Care such as special
member to escort you to the restrictions on physical
lobby when you have been activities, diet or medical
discharged. If you don’t have supplies you may need.
anyone to drive you home
or if you need to make other o Know Any Warning
travel arrangements, ask your Signs of developing
nurse to contact the hospital problems that might
social worker. slow your recovery.
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