Role of Transitioning Home Care Service in the Recovery Process & Assisting Family Caregivers

Making a transition to home from a medical facility like a hospital or nursing home is never easy for the patients as well as for their family members. Physicians often advice about the importance of following the recovery plan because negligence on the part of patients or their family members in complying with the plan may lead to the hospital readmission. Not only such readmission brings more physical & financial problems for the patients, but it also leads to unnecessary burden on the hospitals in terms of resources.

Some of the common reasons for readmission in a medical facility are administration of wrong medication (or, not on time), missing medical appointments (with the physician, physiotherapist, etc.), falls (no one to attend the care recipient), etc. As quite evident from these reasons, most of the problems occur when the family caregivers are not able to manage all the responsibilities that come with the recuperation process. There are many reasons why family caregivers get overwhelmed by these responsibilities such as a full-time job, taking care of kids, living quite a distance away from the care recipient, health problems of their own, etc.

Transitioning home care service helps the care recipients with the activities of daily living (ADL) and if needed, with certain instrumental activities of daily living as well. Personal care services take care of ADL such as bathing, grooming, maintaining hygiene, mobility assistance, transferring & positioning, toilet assistance, incontinence care, etc. Companionship, on the other hand, helps with instrumental ADL such as meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry, running errands, transportation assistance, engaging recipients in mental activities, giving reminders to take medication, and assisting with reading. Comfort Keepers is continuously helping family caregivers in following the recovery plan by providing quality transitioning home care service in Essex Fells, Verona, and other areas of New Jersey.

If the family caregiver is preoccupied with some urgent work, then a professional caregiver can take the care recipient to an important medical appointment. Because the care recipient gets help with ADL, the instances of falls while performing ADL could be avoided. Also, these caregivers can give timely reminders to the care recipients to take their medication. If needed, they can consult the medical team regarding transferring & positioning, meal preparation, toilet assistance, etc. Since the family caregivers are now relieved of some of the responsibilities (ADL & instrumental ADL), they could focus better on the other aspects of the recovery plan.

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