After Hospital
Care after hospital in Oxfordshire
Someone at home from the day you're discharged, for as long as recovery takes.
Discharge day is a relief, but the weeks that follow can be precarious. New medicines, reduced strength and an unfamiliar walking aid all raise the chance of a fall.
Short-term live-in care provides the safety net: help with the household, encouragement with exercises, and company while confidence returns.
Is this right for you?
Families usually get in touch when:
- You're recovering from a hip or knee operation
- An illness has left you weak
- A fall led to the admission
- The ward needs to know what support is in place at home
What help looks like
- Coming home
- Preparing the house and settling you in on discharge day
- Medicines
- Making sure new prescriptions are taken correctly
- Household
- Cleaning, cooking and laundry while you rest
- Exercise
- Encouragement with the physiotherapist's programme
- Follow-up
- Getting to outpatient appointments
Getting started
- 01
Early contact
Phone us the moment a going-home date is raised.
- 02
Liaison
With your permission, we speak to the ward about your needs.
- 03
Flexible end
Support is reviewed and reduced as you recover.
The Oxfordshire picture
Oxford University Hospitals runs the John Radcliffe, Churchill and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and the Horton General in Banbury. Oxfordshire County Council may also offer short-term reablement after discharge.
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Discuss after hospital with us
Our Littlemore office is open 9am to 10pm, every day of the year.