Help Leaving Hospital

If you are going into hospital you may need help when you leave to continue to live in your home. If requested, a social worker from Adult Care Services will look into what help you need and decide with you what services can be provided.

You can either contact Adult Care Services before you go into hospital, the contact details are below, or you can ask to see a social worker during your stay in hospital. The nurse looking after you will arrange this if you ask.

If you were receiving help before you went into hospital the nurse looking after you will arrange for this to be started again for your return home. If you were not receiving help or need more help than before, the nurse will contact the Social Work Department at the hospital to arrange for an assessment.

Help that may be available to you could include:

• Community Meals Provision
• Home Care
• Day Care
• Support for family members who are caring for you

It may be that when you leave hospital, you will need to go into a residential or nursing home. This could be temporary, to give you time to recover more fully, or to get services started for you at home, or it might be permanent. Our staff can help arrange this, or give you advice if you are able to make your own arrangements.

Hospital Social Work Team - 01628 682918

This Adult Care Services team provides services for patients who require help and support on discharge from hospital. The team is based at York House, Windsor.

Further Information

If you think you, or someone in your family, might benefit from any service provided by Adult Care Services and you would like us to contact you by phone or email, please click the following link and complete the Adult Services Contact Us/Self Referral Online Form and someone will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

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