Ready-Set-Go Home with Transitional Care Services
When a senior is discharged from the hospital, they run the risk of experiencing complications if not given the proper support. As their family member, you may be taking on the responsibility of managing your loved one’s post-hospitalization care, but it might be more than you can handle. That’s where Visiting Angels Crystal Lake comes in. Our Ready, Set, Go Home transitional care program helps ensure seniors experience a smooth and successful adjustment back home after an extended stay at a care facility.
Understanding Transitional Care
Transitional care offers comprehensive assistance to help seniors manage the critical period following discharge from a hospital or rehabilitation facility. The Patient Safety Network reports that nearly 20 percent of patients experience a health complication in the month after they return home. Fortunately, the majority of these events can be prevented or lessened in severity, provided the senior has adequate aid.
Keeping your loved one safe in the comfort and familiarity of home is possible, thanks to Ready, Set, Go Home services from Visiting Angels.
Read more about home care if you are new to the concept and want to see if our services make sense for your senior family member.
The Benefits for Crystal Lake Seniors
Proper transitional care from Visiting Angels ensures that seniors adhere to discharge instructions, manage medications, and attend follow-up appointments, significantly reducing the risk of rehospitalization. Additionally, our team members will help facilitate the discharge process and provide support with daily tasks back home, easing the burden of household responsibilities and putting the focus back on recovery.
Prepping for the Discharge Process
Before your loved one is released from the hospital or rehab center, a care professional from Visiting Angels Crystal Lake can join them there, ensuring everyone involved understands discharge instructions and follow-up care recommendations. They will also offer guidance and assistance for the transition back home to make sure your loved one is made as comfortable as possible.
Improved Adherence to Discharge Instructions
Improper medication usage is one of the biggest reasons seniors experience adverse health events following a hospitalization. Your loved one’s care professional will see that they adhere to their prescribed medication and aftercare schedules, monitor them for any potential side effects or condition changes, and provide reliable transportation to follow-up appointments.
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Support for Activities of Daily Living
Returning home from a hospital stay does not mean someone is completely recovered. Because of this, ongoing assistance at home with daily activities is often necessary. Our caregivers are available to help with dignified personal care for tasks such as bathing, grooming, and other hygiene routines, as well as healthy meal preparation, errand running, and light chores.
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Enhanced Quality of Life for Seniors
Recuperating from an illness, surgery, or other medical event can be emotionally draining for seniors. It helps to have the upbeat conversation and engaging companionship of a friendly Visiting Angels caregiver. During this time spent together, your loved one’s care professional will also provide continuous supervision to help prevent complications and ensure their safety.
Learn more about the benefits of partnering with Visiting Angels for your loved one’s transitional care.
About Our Approach to Home Care
At Visiting Angels Crystal Lake, we understand that your senior loved one’s care requirements will likely change over time. That’s why we offer support that is flexible and based completely on your family member’s needs throughout their recovery process. Additionally, we make sure to match them with a friendly care professional whose personality meshes well with their own.
Personalized Care Plans
Our transitional care plans are tailored specifically to your loved one and their unique requirements. Whether they could use assistance with safe showering after undergoing surgery or help with transferring due to limited mobility, you’ll have peace of mind knowing our expert team provides all the necessary non-medical support your loved one may need following a hospital stay.
See a detailed list of all the types of care we provide.
Experienced and Compassionate Caregivers
The team at Visiting Angels Crystal Lake is composed of highly-skilled individuals with backgrounds in senior care. Our caregivers are thoroughly pre-screened, not only for experience, but also to ensure they possess character traits such as kindness, dependability, integrity, and compassion. Once employed with us, Angels receive substantial training that prepares them to address a wide range of senior needs.
Learn more about our caregivers and the criteria we look for when hiring them.
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
How does transitional care help reduce hospital readmissions?
With transitional care, seniors receive help with adhering to discharge instructions, medication management, and timely follow-up care. These services have been statistically shown to reduce the likelihood of hospital readmission.
How do caregivers ensure medication adherence if they can’t administer it?
Although our caregivers don’t perform health care services, they support medication management by reminding seniors to take their prescriptions on schedule and ensuring they follow the prescribed dosage instructions.
How can family members support the care process?
Family members can communicate regularly with caregivers to stay informed about their loved one's care plan and any changes that take place, as well as provide emotional support to their loved one.
How long do transitional care services typically last?
The average length of transitional care services is 30 days, however, that time period can be extended based on the senior’s condition and changing needs.
Getting Started with Visiting Angels
We encourage you to reach out today for more information or to schedule a free, initial consultation at your loved one’s home in the Crystal Lake area. At this first meeting, our care coordinator will chat with you and your senior family member about their condition and any specific requirements they may have. From there, we’ll establish a care plan that is completely personalized to reflect their post-hospitalization needs. Or, if they’re already in the hospital and soon to be discharged, we can meet there to arrange care.
Simply call us at 815-479-0312 or fill out our online contact form.
Ready, Set, Go Home Transitional Care Program Available In:
Cary, IL; Crystal Lake, IL; McHenry, IL; and Woodstock, IL.
Local Medical & Nursing Facilities
- MercyHealth Hospital and Physician Clinic
- Palatine Heart Center
- Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
- Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
- Crystal Pines Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
- Alden Terrace of McHenry Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
Serving Crystal Lake, McHenry, Woodstock, Cary, and Surrounding Areas
Visiting Angels CRYSTAL LAKE, IL
228 Florence StCrystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: 815-479-0312