Postoperative Care

Helping Hands offer postoperative care to suit you. We can provide support on a visiting care basis where you have carers coming to your home for as many hours a week as you need them, live-in care where one of our carers lives in your home with you, respite care that covers your existing carer or family members when they need a break, and overnight care to ensure you’re supported around the clock.

The costs of postoperative care at home can’t just be measured in pounds and pence. To have peace of mind, remain as independent as possible and be in familiar surroundings brings comfort that money can’t buy. We’ll design you a bespoke quote for the care you need, but as an idea, visiting care begins at £31.00 per hour plus a callout charge of £4.50 while live-in care is from £1,595 per week for an individual and £1,595 for a couple. Live-in respite care begins at £275 per day.

While it’s important to rest after surgery, following the guidelines of your medical team, they may also encourage you to do a certain amount of mild activity to ensure you remain supple and your body heals as planned. If you have been given physiotherapy exercises to do or other activities to undertake, your Helping Hands carer will be able to actively support your recovery. Whether that’s by helping you with your physical housekeeping, such as laundry, vacuuming or dusting, or supporting you emotionally, they’ll ensure you’re in the very best hands at all times.

Thanks to having our own team of clinical nurses, we can offer complex postoperative care that other companies are unable to. This includes nurse-led care for both pre and postoperative support. We’ll follow your medical practitioner’s recommendations and follow your support plan to the letter to make sure your care progresses as it’s supposed to. We’ll help you to increase your appetite by preparing appropriate foods that you’ll enjoy and we’ll support you to become more mobile again. We’ll follow your post-discharge plan and work as part of your wider healthcare team, and ensure their guidance for pain relief is followed as appropriate.

Postoperative care can be arranged quickly with Helping Hands, sometimes within 24 hours of your call. We’ll work tirelessly to ensure that the care you need is put in place as soon as you need it, while ensuring that all safeguards are respected. If time is of the essence due to an impending hospital discharge, we can work with the relevant healthcare provider to get you back home where you want to be. We provide our carers with skills training and development that far exceeds other care companies, building on their existing experience. No wonder we’re considered the UK’s most trusted home care company, fully regulated by the Care Quality Commission and Care Inspectorate Wales.