Program designed to assist seniors after a hospital stay
By
Mark Schadenberg
As a Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES), here’s a serious topic to discuss.
What
does someone do after a stay in hospital and he/she do not have a lot of
family locally to assist in some of the day-in day-out tasks?
HAL
can help.
HAL
is ‘Home At Last’.
HAL
is a program which “provides services to eligible seniors who, due to a lack of
resources or appropriate supports; require assistance in returning home after a
hospital stay.”
Keep
in mind, this program is available to non home owners or in other words seniors living in an apartment.
There
is no one with a SRES standing in real estate that does not believe in the
premise of ‘aging in place’. After a hospital stay, anyone and everyone could use a helping
hand.
HAL
can assist with picking up medications and groceries, can meet the client at
the hospital and accompany the client home after leaving the
hospital. The HAL personnel can assist in laundry, changing bedding, preparing
light meals and even assist in light housekeeping and perhaps emptying a fridge
which may have some spoiled food after a hospital stay.
Obviously,
the HAL person is not a nurse.
There
is also no cost to the client as the program is funded through the area LIHN (Locally
it’s the Southwest Local Health Integration Network).
Who
is HAL?
Assigned
through Community Care Access Centre (1147 Dundas Street in Woodstock; 519 539-0065;
or email: info-woodstock@sw.ccac-ont.ca;
or website: www.ccac-ont.ca), a CCAC (1-866-816-7301) case manager will
facilitate this opportunity for a patient who is soon to be discharged from the
hospital. The case manager will analyze each patient’s individual scenario to
determine eligibility and which services could be or will be offered. A patient
released from hospital after hip or knee surgery would certainly qualify, as
would someone after a minor stroke or heart condition.
As
they always say though in medical information, contact your doctor or other hospital staff and don’t take my
word for it.
To
apply for HAL, you must be a minimum of 55 years old.
You
could say it’s the equivalent of having a visit from a personal support worker
(PSW).
Besides
CCAC, you can also contact the Red Cross locally for more info.
Meals On Wheels
Other
programs are also available such as Meals On Wheels in Woodstock (Call the VON
at 519 539-1231).
Mark
Schadenberg
Sales
Representative
Royal
LePage Triland Realty
757 Dundas
St, Woodstock
www.wesellwoodstock.com
(519) 537-1553,
cell or text
Email:
mschadenberg@rogers.com
Twitter:
markroyallepage
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