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What Comes Next? Helping Families Transition Safely From Inpatient Care to Home

HomeCare Professionals helps families prepare for a safer transition home after hospital, rehabilitation, or other inpatient care.
Helping families prepare for a safe, supported transition home.
Helping families prepare for a safe, supported transition home.

One of the most common questions families have after a hospital stay, rehabilitation stay, or other inpatient care is a simple but important one:

What happens next?

Returning home can be a welcome milestone, but it can also bring a new list of questions. Will someone be there to help? How will daily routines change? What support will be needed to help make the transition as safe and comfortable as possible?

At HomeCare Professionals, helping families navigate those questions is an important part of what we do.

 

Bringing Home Care Resources Into the Community

Recently, members of the HomeCare Professionals team had the opportunity to spend time in the community sharing information and resources about home care and the transition from inpatient care back home.

These conversations matter because families are often introduced to home care during a time when many decisions are happening at once.

Having information and support available early can help families better understand their options and prepare for the days and weeks ahead.

 

Supporting the Transition Home

HomeCare Professionals works alongside families as well as physicians, case managers, social workers, discharge planners, and other professionals involved in coordinating care. The company specifically supports professionals who need dependable home care resources for the people they serve.

Depending on an individual’s needs, home care can provide added assistance with everyday routines and help create a safer, more supported environment once someone returns home.

Just as importantly, families have someone they can turn to with questions.

That reflects the heart of the HomeCare Professionals mission: to help not only through quality care, but also by answering questions, offering guidance, sharing resources, and listening.

 

Stronger Connections Create Better Support

Being active in the healthcare community gives our team opportunities to build relationships with the professionals who are helping individuals prepare for their next stage of care.

Those relationships can make an important difference when someone is preparing to leave an inpatient setting, and the question becomes, “What will we need when we get home?”

We’re grateful for opportunities to share resources, connect with fellow healthcare professionals, and help more families understand that they do not have to navigate the transition home alone.

Thank you to Lyle Fester, Karen Manalac, and everyone who helped represent HomeCare Professionals and continue building these important connections in our community.

 

 

 

If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring Alzheimer’s Home Care in Oroville, CA, contact the friendly staff at HomeCare Professionals today.

Call (866)-940-4855

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Andy Howard CEO at HomeCare Professionals
Andy Howard is a Bay Area Native who holds a BA in Political Science (University of Colorado at Boulder, ’97). After college Andy worked in the surging tech industry. His Grandmother however, would suffer a significant decline in health and ultimately needed in-home care. The experience of a loved one depending on outside help to age in place proved to be pivotal for Andy as he left the tech industry in 2002 for an opportunity in the home care world with a large provider. After having success in home care, but being frustrated by corporate constraints Andy founded HomeCare Professionals in 2005. He methodically built the company one client at a time by focusing on hiring quality caregivers to ensure positive outcomes. Currently Andy serves as the CEO of HomeCare Professionals and is also highly active in the non-profit organization California Association of Health Services at Home (CAHSAH) which advocates for a higher standard of in-home care for those who wish to remain living at home in California.

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