Home Care Checklist After Your Hospital Stay

If you have a surgery coming up, you may already have a stockpile of frozen dinners and DVDs for when you get home. While this is a good start, it’s important to think through your post-surgery limitations to ensure a full recovery, especially if you live alone. While your discharge planner will give you instructions on medical care, here is a checklist of household and personal tasks you’ll want to arrange for well before your hospital admission.

Will you have difficulty with mobility or lifting? Will you be able to see clearly in order to write and use the computer?Depending on your surgery or procedure, you might need assistance with the following tasks. people or to get to the grocery store.

Take this list to your doctor and find out if your upcoming hospital stay will affect some or all of these routine tasks – and for how long. If you don’t have a relative or friend who can help, contact 5 Star Home Care. We can prepare a flexible and customized care plan based on your recovery timeline. A home care professional will make sure your transition home goes smoothly and your life doesn’t come to a halt just because of a temporary health issue.