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If an older person in hospital has no family, friends or neighbours, we can assist them to return home. We work with GP practices, hospital discharge and re-enablement teams and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to support older people adjust and settle back at home after a period in hospital.
On the day of discharge, MHA Communities can organise for volunteers to meet an older person at their home with a bag of shopping of essential goods for their first two days out of hospital and ensure that they are safely back in a warm home environment.
Our volunteer would continue to befriend the older person with shopping trips, picking up prescriptions etc. for a period of about six weeks. To encourage and promote ongoing independence and avoid further spells in hospital, we would encourage the older person to become a member of their local MHA Communities group or join our digital offering and benefit from all our services.
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