For elderly veterans, recovering from illness or injury without proper support can be extremely challenging. Hospital discharge often comes with little warning, leaving families scrambling to provide transportation, manage new medication regimens, oversee physical therapy instructions, handle household duties and meet other needs. Fortunately, the caring professionals at ComForCare of Tri-Valley offer customized transition care for veteran seniors returning home.
As an agency familiar with VA benefits and programs, we create personalized care plans based on each veteran’s unique circumstances, health conditions and recovery requirements. Read on to learn more about our hospital transition services.
Types of Assistance
Our fully screened and insured caregivers provide hands-on help with all aspects of post-hospitalization. We can arrange medical transportation home, stop for prescriptions or supplies, assist getting comfortably settled and review instructions for continued care. For veterans still healing, we provide safety supervision, hygiene and dressing changes, physical therapy accompaniment, nutritious meal preparation based on dietary needs and help coordinating follow-up medical appointments. Light housework, laundry, grocery shopping and other errands also relieve burden as clients regain strength. Most importantly, we offer reassuring companionship throughout.
Services Tailored to Veterans
We understand the courage it takes for former service members to ask for assistance. Our team treats each veteran with the dignity, respect and gratitude they deserve. We familiarize ourselves with clients’ military history and personal biography so we can provide person-centered care. With PTSD awareness training, we avoid triggering stories or memories that resurrect trauma. Instead, we create a judgement-free environment where veterans feel safe sharing experiences at their own pace. Our reliable support empowers veterans to continue meaningful hobbies, passions and leisure activities too often abandoned due to health challenges. We salute our heroes through patient, compassionate care.
Why Choose In-Home Care
For elderly veterans already struggling with isolation, entering a nursing home can exacerbate depression and anxiety. By allowing individuals to recover in familiar home environments surrounded by treasured belongings, memories and neighborhood connections, in-home care promotes improved mental health. For those with mobility limitations, navigating unfamiliar institutional corridors can prove challenging as well. And exposure to bacteria and viruses often leads to higher infection rates for seniors with compromised immune systems during extended facility stays. With lower contagion risk and tailored care in comforting home settings, veterans heal better.
Customized Care Evolves
We understand recovery rarely follows a linear path. Needs intensify and ease day to day. To provide consistent support through fluctuations, our nurses and care coordinators maintain ongoing communication with clients, family members and medical teams to regularly reassess progress and challenges. We then update activity schedules, diet plans, therapy accompaniment and hands-on assistance accordingly. No two veterans share the exact same journey. Our customized care evolves to meet clients wherever they are.
How to Prevent Readmission During Recovery
Hospital readmissions often result from medication noncompliance, missed follow-up appointments or attempting to overexert mobility limits. Our diligent caregivers safeguard against these pitfalls. We ensure veterans take medications as directed, refill prescriptions on schedule and adhere to dosing changes. To appointments, we provide reliable transportation and take notes conveying progress to family members unable to attend. Understanding the frustration that often accompanies prolonged convalescence, we encourage veterans to pace activities gradually to avoid dangerous falls or fatigue. Our oversight facilitates steady recovery without the need to return for further hospitalization.
In addition to skilled transition and nursing care, our holistic services meet all evolving needs as individuals age. We offer devoted companionship through every stage of cognitive decline, hands-on assistance to preserve mobility and independence, veteran-specific support, thorough medication management, hygiene/grooming care respecting dignity and meal preparation meeting dietary restrictions. Our individualized home health services empower seniors to maintain treasured routines while receiving consistent, attentive support. Want to learn more about ComForCare’s veteran senior transition services? Contact our office today!
