Recovering after a hospital stay can be overwhelming—for both your loved one and for you. Let us take the pressure off, with personalized discharge planning, smooth transitions and compassionate in-home care. Whether it’s nursing for a post-surgery patient or discharge planning for an older patient with a stroke, we ensure expert care at home—so you can focus on being by their side sharing moments.
Customized recovery plans that are based on medical recommendations, therapy needs, and home care assistance.
Making sure seniors take prescribed medications on time and follow treatment plans.
Assistance with prescribed rehabilitation exercises to improve strength, mobility, and independence.
At Options Home Care, our discharge planning services help seniors transition safely from the hospital back to the comfort of home. We work closely with family members, health care providers, and care teams to coordinate follow-up care, review the discharge summary, and understand the level of medical care your loved one might need after they leave the hospital.
Our team can also help families navigate the discharge process by coordinating home health support, arranging assistance with daily activities, and helping identify needs such as medical equipment or mobility support. In some situations, families might also discuss alternatives such as a skilled nursing facility or nursing home, depending on the senior’s condition and recovery goals. Our goal is to make hospital discharge planning feel less overwhelming while helping your loved one recover safely at home with compassionate support.
At Options Home Care, our discharge planning services can benefit older adults recovering from surgery, stroke, illness, injury, hospitalization, or rehabilitation stays and who need help at home. Seniors managing chronic health conditions or mobility limitations often need additional support after they leave the hospital.
Yes, they are.
Yes, you can. We want your family to feel confident from the start, which is why you can meet and interview the caregiver before care begins.
In most cases, we can have a plan in place within a few days — and usually before your loved one even gets home. We’ll talk directly with their medical team to understand what they need, so care is ready and waiting when they walk through the door.
Absolutely. Our goal is always to provide your loved one with the highest quality of care they need to be comfortable.
Yes. We can provide in-home care on weekends and holidays based on your family’s needs and your loved one’s care schedule.
Yes — and if something changes with their health or care plan, including around a hospital discharge, we’ll get on the phone with their medical team ourselves to figure out the right level of support going forward.
Yes. We offer flexible respite care options, whether a few hours of support is needed, extended shifts, or temporary 24-hour care. This gives family members time to rest or travel while their loved one continues to receive attentive care at home by our staff members.
In-home care can be considered long-term care. At Options Home Care, we accept private pay, long-term care insurance, and Medicare Part C Advantage Plans for our services.
Long-term care insurance is a private policy purchased years before care is needed, often in your 40s or 50s. It helps cover extended support with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and mobility due to aging, illness, or disability. Unlike health insurance, it is designed specifically to pay for ongoing custodial care at home, in assisted living, or in a skilled nursing setting.
If you have long-term care insurance, benefits begin once you meet eligibility requirements, which typically include needing help with two or more activities of daily living or having a cognitive impairment. Our team works directly with all long-term care insurance companies to verify your coverage, initiate your claim, document services, and guide you through the reimbursement process so you can focus on care rather than paperwork.
Activities of Daily Living — or ADLs — are the basic things most of us do without thinking: bathing, getting dressed, eating, moving from the bed to a chair, using the bathroom, managing continence. When those start to get harder, it’s usually a sign someone needs more support at home.
ADLs also matter practically. Most long-term care insurance policies won’t kick in until your loved one needs help with at least two ADLs. Some veterans’ programs require three. If you’re trying to figure out whether your loved one qualifies for coverage, or just trying to understand what level of care makes sense, that’s exactly the kind of thing we help families sort through.
Many of our veteran clients receive care through the VA’s Homemaker and Home Health Aide Care program. This program is part of VA health benefits and provides non-medical assistance in the home to help veterans remain safe and independent. Services typically include help with bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparation, light housekeeping, and other daily activities.
As an accredited VA community care provider, Options Home Care can be paid directly by the VA to provide approved home care services.
To qualify, veterans must:
Once approved, we work closely with the VA and the assigned social worker to deliver consistent, personalized care at home. We can also help you through the application process.
Some veterans and surviving spouses might also qualify for additional support through programs such as VA Aid and Attendance, which can help cover non-medical home care costs depending on service history, discharge status, care needs, and financial guidelines.
In-home care helps seniors recover in a familiar and comfortable environment while receiving personalized support with daily activities, mobility, meal preparation, companionship, and follow-up care. Caregivers can also help reinforce instructions provided by health care providers and assist with follow-up appointments after a hospital discharge. Many family members find that having compassionate care at home helps reduce stress during recovery and makes the transition easier after a hospital stay.
Families often benefit from arranging follow-up care and post-hospital care services before their loved one is ready to leave the hospital. At Options Home Care, we help families prepare for the transition home by coordinating care needs, reviewing discharge recommendations, and understanding the next steps provided by healthcare providers.
Starting hospital discharge planning early also gives families more time to prepare the home, arrange transportation, discuss Medicaid services if needed, and organize any recommended home health or rehabilitation support. Once your loved one returns home, our in-home caregivers can provide assistance with daily activities, mobility support, meal preparation, companionship, medication reminders, and other non-medical care needs.
Yes. Our caregivers assist with walking, transfers, and moving safely around the home — and they’ll flag things like loose rugs, poor lighting, or tricky spaces that tend to cause problems. But we also go a step further. Our AI fall detection technology monitors your loved one even when a caregiver isn’t right there, so if something happens, someone knows immediately. For families, that’s often the part that brings the most peace of mind.
