Help leaving hospital

Following a hospital stay, you may need some additional help to cope at home, or to move into accommodation where help is always available. This might be just until you can find your feet again, or on a permanent basis.

If you are considered 'vulnerable' (under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990) Social Work staff will assess your needs and if you are eligible, provide services.

Depending on your eligibility, this could include:

• A placement in a residential or nursing home
  packages of care that include meals on wheels, personal and home care; blitz cleans; day care
• Extra Care Sheltered Housing
• Services for carers e.g. short breaks, carer's relief
• Support with rehousing when your current housing puts
  you at risk or where you do not have suitable housing to return to and are unable manage the rehousing process yourself.

If you feel you might need this help, you can simply ask to speak to a member of the hospital social work team while you are in hospital.