How Home Care Helps Avoid Hospital Stays

The leading causes of elderly hospital admissions through A&E or inpatient care are:

• Dementia and cognitive impairment
• Respiratory and heart conditions
• Falls and fractures
• Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
• Malnutrition
• Dehydration
• And poor mental health

Many patients could be discharged from the hospital much sooner than this, but sadly, the NHS often doesn’t have a safe space to do so. And this can be for many reasons, including a lack of capacity in social care and NHS community services. It can also be due to a lack of family support (not the willingness but the physical and time dedication).

Private home care can provide that bridged support. Here’s how.

At Home Instead Aylesbury, our detailed care plans cover all aspects of your loved one’s health and well-being.

Our daytime care can cover everything from personal care to nail care and household chores, but it is beneficial in reducing hospitalisation by leading with relationship care. Positive social stimulation is critical in how an older person handles their care journey. That’s why we weave it into everything we do.

Health care at home includes provision for:

• Low-level Dependency Health Care at Home: We can support your loved one in the home they love by monitoring things like blood pressure, pulse, and temperature, performing urinalysis, and providing physical therapy assistance.
• Mid-level Dependency Health Care at Home: We also support those who need bladder washout, suppositories, enemas, digital stimulation, anal irrigation, oxygen, phlebotomy, buccal midazolam and seizure management, diabetic blood glucose and care, wound care, plus nebulisers and suctioning.
• High-level Dependency Health Care at Home: For those who need higher levels of frailty care, we can provide non-invasive ventilation, cough assistance, tracheostomy support and management, and diabetic insulin administration and care.