Between 2012 and 2018, more than 600,000 hip replacement surgeries were completed in the U.S. Eight out of ten of these surgeries were first-time hip replacements. After a hip replacement surgery, patients are typically sent home within two days. Once your mom is home, she needs transitional care. You might not be in a position to spend days and nights with her, but she shouldn’t be alone. She needs 24-hour home care services.
How Around-the-Clock Care Works
Most people don’t understand how 24-hour home care works. Caregivers come to your mom’s home in shifts. Often the shifts are either six or eight hours long, so she might have three or four rotating caregivers each day. Here’s how it would work if your mom has four caregivers working six-hour shifts.
While the caregivers are with her, they’ll help her move around the home and offer support while she walks around her home. If she has therapy appointments, she cannot drive. She’s also going to need help getting in and out of a car. Her caregiver during that shift helps her get to the appointment on time and helps her out of the car and escorts her into the building.
When one caregiver’s shift ends, the next caregiver arrives in time to take over. The morning caregiver may leave right before lunchtime, and that next caregiver prepares lunch and takes over other chores like laundry, housekeeping, and your mom’s afternoon walk.
The same happens with the dinner-time shift change. Your mom has a new caregiver to keep her company during dinner, wash dishes, and clean the kitchen. That caregiver can help your mom brush and floss her teeth and get ready for bed. When the final caregiver arrives, your mom is asleep, but her caregiver is there to help her with bathroom trips and any reminders for middle-of-the-night pain medications.
Once she gets up, her evening caregiver will get her coffee while they wait for her next caregiver. Your mom’s never alone, which eases the fear of falling and having no one know. When her strength and balance improve, her services can be reduced.
Arrange Transitional Care Before Her Surgery
The best way to ensure your mom recovers well from hip surgery is by arranging 24-hour home care before she arrives home. Transitional care is essential while she regains strength and mobility. Her caregivers will help her with mobility as she moves around the home and gets in and out of the shower.
Arrange 24-hour home care services to support your mom. She’ll have someone available to drive her to appointments and help her run errands. She’ll have a caregiver with her to help with bathing routines and dressing. Her caregivers are also there to assist her with nightly rituals and any middle-of-the-night bathroom trips.
If you or an aging loved one is considering 24-hour home care in Brooklyn Park, MN, and the surrounding areas, please contact the friendly staff at CareBuilders at Home Minnesota. Call today 612-260-2273.
