Healthcare and Supporting Hospital Discharges

Your relative is ready to come home is really positive news. On further discussion the elation turns to despair on how you will be able to provide the care needed. This could be someone who already benefits from a care plan and this now needs to be increased or it might be someone who is now in need of support for the first time.

Typically as part of the discharge the care needed will be discussed in detail with all parties and the medical profession will detail what they will do which is clinical led care which may involve visits to attend to wounds, dressings, medication, etc. Personal care is where family will be expected to provide or make arrangements to supplement or compliment the medical care.