Arranging Emergency Stroke Treatment For Your Loved One
What is Emergency Stroke Management?
If a stroke is suspected, medical assistance must be sought immediately. Time is crucial for how well someone is likely to recover, so 999 should be called anytime you suspect a stroke. However, what about if you or a loved one is due to leave hospital after a stroke, and you’re concerned about how well you will manage? Needing immediate stroke care due to being discharged from hospital earlier than you originally anticipated is likely to cause anxiety, however, that doesn’t need to be the case. Helping Hands have been offering exceptional care and support at home since we were established in 1989, and because all of our care is fully regulated by the Care Quality Commission and the Care Inspectorate Wales, you and your loved ones can be confident you’re in the best hands.
Why May You Need Emergency Stroke Care?
If you’re suddenly faced with sourcing emergency treatment for stroke victims due to an early hospital discharge, avoid the stressful search and talk to Helping Hands. Equally, it could be that the person has had a minor stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), and they don’t need to be admitted to a hospital for a significant stay, but they’re suddenly unable to manage their home the way they previously did.
The NHS tells us that “Although some people may recover quickly, many people who have a stroke need long-term support to help them regain as much independence as possible. This process of rehabilitation depends on the symptoms and their severity.”
How does emergency stroke care start?
Emergency stroke management will most likely be carried out in your home by a range of community professionals in your wider healthcare team. Our carers will work seamlessly alongside the rest of your care team to ensure that you receive high-quality support and remain as independent as possible in your beloved home. Receiving stroke care at home with Helping Hands couldn’t be more straightforward:
Convenient
When you know the approximate date you’ll need your care to begin from, contact Helping Hands. There are three ways you can do this, online, over the phone, or in-person at one of our 150 local branches across England and Wales.
Helpful
Our friendly customer care team and helpful branch staff will take you through your options for care and support and explain to you how and when we can help. We offer support on both an intermittent visiting, and around the clock live-in care basis.
Personalised
You’ll be visited by one of our local managers and they will go through every aspect of your prospective support and assess you to ensure we know how best we can help. They’ll put together a plan of support with you and a personalised quote.
Meticulous
If you’re happy with every aspect of your prospective care, your local manager will go through everything to be sure, you’ll agree and sign, and we’ll begin your care from a mutually acceptable day. It’s as easy as that!
Explore Emergency Stroke Management With Helping Hands
Receiving emergency treatment for stroke will most likely involve a whole team of community caregivers across a range of locations, including your amazing Helping Hands carer. Consequently, they will be able to work with you on their own or be just as adept at working in collaboration with other professionals inside your home or in community healthcare settings. Our carers won’t just be able to help you with your personal care tasks and housework needs, they’ll be able to accompany you to hospital outpatient appointments, your local surgery, and for any other reason you need to leave the house. Experiencing a stroke can leave you with a varying degree of physical and mental incapacity, but regardless of how much support you need once you are out of hospital, your local Helping Hands team will be able to help you live well. We are unique among homecare providers in that we’re not an agency; we own and run all our own branches and don’t sell franchises, which means we can be sure that our values are being met and that our care delivery remains at a consistently high standard.
If you would like to discover more about how Helping Hands could assist you to live well with the after-effects of a stroke or TIA, your care options on both a visiting and live-in basis, and any other questions you may have, please contact us today and we’ll be happy to help. You can request a callback for a time that suits you best if you prefer, or for a face-to-face chat, find the details of your closest branch here.