Home from Emory or Emory Saint Joseph's with instructions he can't follow alone. We cover the weeks between the hospital and being himself again.
Brookhaven sits between Emory's main campus, Emory Saint Joseph's, and the CDC, so plenty of the men here were operated on close to home, and plenty of their adult children work at those same institutions.
That's exactly the problem. The family member best equipped to help is the one who can't take three weeks off. A surgeon son can explain the precautions perfectly and still not be there at 3am when his father needs the bathroom.
We're the hands in the house during the hours they can't cover, following the plan his clinicians set rather than second-guessing it.
Meeting the car, getting him inside, and setting the house up for one-floor living before the first night. Paths cleared, bed positioned, walker adjusted.
Hip precautions, weight-bearing limits, sternal precautions after cardiac surgery. Written on the fridge and actually enforced, which is the part families can't do by phone.
The riskiest hours. Someone strong in the house so a bathroom trip doesn't turn into a fall and a second admission.
Driving to post-op visits and therapy, walking him in, taking notes for the family. See transportation.
The bungalows and mid-century houses around Historic Brookhaven and Ashford Park were built before anyone designed for recovery. Small bathrooms, narrow doorways, and a step or two at every entrance. A standard walker often won't clear the bathroom door, which nobody discovers until the first night home.
We walk the route from his bed to the toilet to the front door before care starts and tell you what needs to move. Usually it's a rug, a chair, and the location of the bed, not a renovation.
More: post-surgery recovery care, lifting and transfers, and home care in Brookhaven.
Yes. We schedule around their visits and pass along what we see. We're not a medical provider, so clinical care stays with them.
Common here, and fine. Overnight-only is one of the most frequent arrangements we run after a discharge.
Hourly care starts at $28 and goes up depending on the case. Overnight and round-the-clock coverage is quoted per day. See what care costs.
Tell us the procedure and when he's coming home.
A friendly, no-pressure conversation.
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