subject: Home Health Aide: A Seniors Advocate During A Hospital Stay [print this page] A home health aide provides a wide variety of homecare services for the elderly. In addition to being an in-home caregiver, a home health aide can be a seniors advocate to look out for her best interests in the event of a hospital stay. Even when family members arent close by or are too busy to be available 24/7, you can count on a home health aide to ensure the best care possible at the hospital.
Its no secret that hospitals are overcrowded, nurses are overworked, and compassionate patient care is often overlooked. A home health aide takes the worry out of a hospital visit. More than anyone else, seniors need home health aide to be their advocate from the moment they enter the hospital until they are safely returned home.
Since a home health aide is aware of the seniors medical history, insurance, medications, personality, and daily needs, he or she has a unique understanding of the persons condition that most hospital caregivers will not know. This results in improved communication and a decrease in errors because the home health aide is at your elderly loved ones bedside throughout the duration of her hospital stay.
In addition, since home health aides already have a trusting relationship established with the senior and her loved ones, they can be proactive and take charge in the event of an emergency. They get the elderly family member into the hospital quickly, provide the right information rapidly, and get her back to the comfort of her home faster and with a better health outcome. Since the home health aide handles everything, family memberswhether on the other side of town or on the other side of the worldhave the confidence that their elderly loved one receives the best care possible at all times.
When your elderly loved one is in the hospital, a home health aide ensures:
Regular, reliable communication between medical providers, the patient, and the family
All treatment options are thoroughly discussed and all medical questions are asked and answered
Companionship to offer comfort and quality of care
Appropriate treatment of the senior by hospital staff
Reduced levels of stress for the senior in the hospital and the family at home
Proactive hospital discharge planning, including picking up medications and groceries, meal preparation, and home safety
Proper coordination of care for additional healthcare services when she arrives home
See how a home health aide can be the difference between a problematic hospital stay and one that is controlled and stress-free. Visit www.CambrianHomecare.com or call 877.422.2270 to learn more about home health aides and homecare services.
by:Rhiannon Acree
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