Post-Surgery Care at Home from Assisting Hands Home Care Seacoast
Post-surgery care at home is short-term help through the recovery window after an operation: keeping to the surgeon's mobility and weight-bearing restrictions, staying on the medication schedule, managing the wound as instructed, and covering the daily tasks the person cannot safely do yet.
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Assisting Hands Home Care Seacoast offers post-surgery care at home to families throughout Portsmouth, NH; Exeter, NH; New Castle, NH and surrounding communities. Reach out to Lee Baxter, Owner, to discuss scheduling, pricing, and how this service can be tailored to your family's needs.
What's Included
- Help with bathing, dressing and toileting while movement is restricted
- Transfers and walking support within the surgeon's weight-bearing limits
- Keeping to the medication and pain schedule, and avoiding double-dosing
- Watching for the complications the discharge instructions name
- Meals, hydration and the diet the surgical team set
- Getting to follow-up appointments
- Setting the home up before discharge, including equipment and clearing routes
- Overnight cover during the period when getting up alone is the risk
Who It's For
Someone coming home after a joint replacement, cardiac or abdominal surgery, or any operation that leaves them temporarily unable to manage alone, and families who cannot take several weeks off to be there.
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What is post-surgery care at home?
Post-surgery care at home is short-term help through the recovery window after an operation: keeping to the surgeon's mobility and weight-bearing restrictions, staying on the medication schedule, managing the wound as instructed, and covering the daily tasks the person cannot safely do yet.
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